Terrifying ordeal for couple after break-in at Dungannon flat

Detectives are investigating the report of an aggravated burglary in the Ballygawley Road area of Dungannon this morning.

It was reported shortly after 4am that a masked male, wearing a black hoodie and armed with a knife, forced entry to an apartment block through a communal door before gaining entry to one of the apartments.

A man and woman, who were asleep in the apartment at the time, were wakened by the male standing in their bedroom.

The male occupant got up and challenged the intruder who then made off from the scene on foot in the direction of Newell Road, taking with him a mobile phone and a number of bank cards.

Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and detectives would ask anyone with information or dash-cam/CCTV footage which could assist with their investigation to contact them at Dungannon on 101, quoting reference number 120 28/01/25.