Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: watty on September 01, 2024, 05:44:16 pm
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Man arrested after Dublin taxi driver robbed at knifepoint at 1.30am (https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-arrested-after-dublin-taxi-driver-robbed-at-knifepoint-at-130am/a1726183212.html)
A man has been arrested after a taxi-driver was robbed at knifepoint in north Dublin this morning. The suspect was detained a short time later during an operation involving members of the Armed Support Unit.
Gardaí were earlier alerted to reports of a robbery in the Poppintree area of Ballymun at around 1.30am. A taxi driver said that he had brought a passenger to the area before the man threatened him with a knife. During the robbery a sum of cash was stolen but the driver, who is aged in his 40s, was not physically harmed.
Investigating gardai quickly identified a suspect. In a follow-up operation a man in his 20s was arrested at a property in the Ballymun area. The operation was carried out by local uniformed gardaí, support by members of the Armed Support Unit.
A Garda spokesperson said: “He is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, at a Garda Station in the Dublin Region. “Investigations are ongoing.” The suspect can be questioned for a period of up to 24 hours before he must either be charged or released from custody pending a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Was he stupid enough to use an app to get a taxi to his own house? And the ASU involved too?
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Ah lots of balls but no brain