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27/04/2009
Robbery Arrests Made
The two men arrested after gardaí foiled an attempt to rob the Bank of Ireland in Edenderry, Co Offaly over the weekend are also being grilled on an earlier incident.
The men - who are in their mid 40s - were arrested early on Sunday morning as they tried to break through a disused premises next door to the bank.
Both men were arrested shortly after 2am and are currently being detained at Tullamore Garda Station under the provisions of Section 30 Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
They are also being quizzed as part of an ongoing investigation into another incident - the armed robbery of an AIB bank, also in Edenderry - last September.
In that incident, described by police as a similar robbery, €300,000 was taken from the AIB bank branch in the town in 2008.
(BMcC/JM)
The men - who are in their mid 40s - were arrested early on Sunday morning as they tried to break through a disused premises next door to the bank.
Both men were arrested shortly after 2am and are currently being detained at Tullamore Garda Station under the provisions of Section 30 Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
They are also being quizzed as part of an ongoing investigation into another incident - the armed robbery of an AIB bank, also in Edenderry - last September.
In that incident, described by police as a similar robbery, €300,000 was taken from the AIB bank branch in the town in 2008.
(BMcC/JM)
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