09/04/2013

Three Arrested Over Knife-Point Hold-Ups

Three people have been arrested in connection with a spate of knife-point robberies in Dublin.

Two women and a man were detained by garda during a planned operation in Blanchardstown, west Dublin.

The three are being questioned about robberies in three shops in the area over the past two weeks, in which shopkeepers were threatened with knives.

It is understood that the man and one woman are in their 20s, while the second woman is in her late 30s.

They are being held at Blanchardstown Garda Station.

(H/CD)


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