GUN-TOTING villains were turning East Lancashire into the armed robbery blackspot of the county.
More than a quarter of all 108 armed robberies were committed in Blackburn, Accrington and Darwen, which also suffered more crime generally.
More than a fifth of the crimes committed in 1993 were carried out by people on bail.
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