01/03/2012

Armed Raid On Cash-In-Transit Van

Gardaí are investing an armed raid on a cash-in-transit van in Dublin this morning.

Two men armed with a firearm, approached the van outside a building on High Street, in the city centre, at around 7am.

The men, who were wearing high-visibility jackets, fled the scene in a white van with with a number of money boxes.

The van was found off the South Circular Road.

Gardaí said no shots were fired and no one was injured.

(CD/GK)

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