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23/05/2014
Off-Duty Garda Foils Attempted Robbery
An off-duty garda officer has foiled an attempted robbery of a shop in Ranelagh in Dublin.
It is understood that the off-duty officers saw two men, with their faces covered, enter a shop on Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue, with one of the men carrying "what appeared to be a firearm".
The officer followed the men in to the shop, confronting them. He struggle with one of the men and was attacked by the second.
Garda say that the two men then ran off, throwing the weapon into bushes of Mount Pleasant Square.
Giving chase the off-duty officers caught and struggled with one of the men, while the other escaped.
The first man was arrested, and a second man was arrested later in a follow up operation.
(MH/CD)
It is understood that the off-duty officers saw two men, with their faces covered, enter a shop on Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue, with one of the men carrying "what appeared to be a firearm".
The officer followed the men in to the shop, confronting them. He struggle with one of the men and was attacked by the second.
Garda say that the two men then ran off, throwing the weapon into bushes of Mount Pleasant Square.
Giving chase the off-duty officers caught and struggled with one of the men, while the other escaped.
The first man was arrested, and a second man was arrested later in a follow up operation.
(MH/CD)
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