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12/05/2008
Three Held As Gardaí Foil Armed Raid
The Gardaí has just revealed that it is holding three men following dramatic police intervention during an attempted robbery at a business premises in Fairview, Dublin 3.
The trio are currently being detained in Whitehall, Fairview and Raheny Garda stations.
The police have said that at approximately 10pm on Sunday, three men entered a DVD rental/electronic store, as staff were closing for the night.
The raiders were armed with what is believed to be a handgun.
They then tied up the staff of the shop, and attempted to gain access to a safe. However, gardaí responded to a call about this incident and rushed to the scene where the suspected raiders were still on the premises.
All three were arrested.
(BMcC)
The trio are currently being detained in Whitehall, Fairview and Raheny Garda stations.
The police have said that at approximately 10pm on Sunday, three men entered a DVD rental/electronic store, as staff were closing for the night.
The raiders were armed with what is believed to be a handgun.
They then tied up the staff of the shop, and attempted to gain access to a safe. However, gardaí responded to a call about this incident and rushed to the scene where the suspected raiders were still on the premises.
All three were arrested.
(BMcC)
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