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14/10/2014
Two Arrested Over Dublin Taxi Hijacking
Two men have been arrested in connection with a taxi-hijacking in Dublin in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Gardaí say that a 20 and 21-year-old man have been arrested after a taxi was hijacked in Ballymun at approximately 02:30am.
It is understood that the men travelled from O'Connell Street to Ballymun, where on arrival one of the men threatened the driver with a knife, forcing him out of the car. The men then drove off in the taxi.
The taxi was found abandoned a short time later on Old Airport Road near Ballymun.
A search of the area led to the arrests, gardaí say.
(MH/CD)
Gardaí say that a 20 and 21-year-old man have been arrested after a taxi was hijacked in Ballymun at approximately 02:30am.
It is understood that the men travelled from O'Connell Street to Ballymun, where on arrival one of the men threatened the driver with a knife, forcing him out of the car. The men then drove off in the taxi.
The taxi was found abandoned a short time later on Old Airport Road near Ballymun.
A search of the area led to the arrests, gardaí say.
(MH/CD)
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