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12/05/2008
Three Freed After ATM Robbery Arrests
Gardai investigating the robbery of a substantial quantity of cash from the crew of a security van have made a number of arrests.
However, a woman and two of the men initially detained at Rathfarnham Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act have since been released without charge, while a file will be prepared for the DPP.
One other man remains in custody at Tallaght in relation to this investigation.
A woman (aged 61) who was arrested under Section 30, in connection with the robbery in Rathfarnham has also been released from garda custody without charge.
A file will also be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The robbery took place on the 8th of May at around 3.15pm when two men, one of whom was believed to be armed, held up security company staff as they were about to fill ATM's at Nutgrove Shopping Centre in Rathfarnham, Dublin.
The men escaped from the scene in a gold coloured car, this car was abandoned at Meadow Mount, Churchtown.
Following the attack, on the morning of the 10th of May, Gardai investigating the incident searched three houses in the Dublin 8 area.
During the course of the searches two handguns and a stolen van were recovered.
A total of four people were then arrested, three males one in his 20's, the other two in their 30's and a female in her 60's.
(BMcC)
However, a woman and two of the men initially detained at Rathfarnham Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act have since been released without charge, while a file will be prepared for the DPP.
One other man remains in custody at Tallaght in relation to this investigation.
A woman (aged 61) who was arrested under Section 30, in connection with the robbery in Rathfarnham has also been released from garda custody without charge.
A file will also be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The robbery took place on the 8th of May at around 3.15pm when two men, one of whom was believed to be armed, held up security company staff as they were about to fill ATM's at Nutgrove Shopping Centre in Rathfarnham, Dublin.
The men escaped from the scene in a gold coloured car, this car was abandoned at Meadow Mount, Churchtown.
Following the attack, on the morning of the 10th of May, Gardai investigating the incident searched three houses in the Dublin 8 area.
During the course of the searches two handguns and a stolen van were recovered.
A total of four people were then arrested, three males one in his 20's, the other two in their 30's and a female in her 60's.
(BMcC)
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