19/07/2016

Three Men Arrested In Connection With Suspected Armed Robbery

Three men have been arrested in connection with a suspected armed robbery at a shop in Bawnogue Shopping Centre, Clondalkin.

Two masked men threatened shop staff with a suspected firearm and fled the scene with a sum of cash.

When the suspects left they were seen going in the direction of the Lealand estate.

Local Gardaí assisted by the Burglary Response Unit and members from the Special Detective Unit, Harcourt Square, went to the Lealand estate and entered a house where they found three males in their 20's.

They were and a sum of cash was recovered.

The three males were taken to Clondalkin Garda station where they have been detained under the provisions of section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 as amended. During a follow-up search a firearm was recovered.

(MH/CD)

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