18/09/2008

Three Arrested After Armoured Van Robbery

Three people are being held after a cash-in-transit van was stolen in Drogheda, Co Louth on Thursday morning.

At 10.00am, Gardaí received a call to say a van was being held-up by an armed gang outside a shop at Bryanstown, Drogheda.

The group stole the security van and left the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash. The van was later found abandoned some distance away.

A short time later, two men and one woman were arrested near a hotel at Dublin Airport and they are currently being held at Santry, Drogheda and Whitehall Garda stations.

No-one was believed to be injured due to the incident.

(DW)


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