Gardaí in Clare have arrested a total of five
people in connection with an overnight robbery in Co Clare during which a
substantial number of mobile phones was taken. The alarm was raised at around
2.30am when a break-in at an-EIR- store at O’Connell St in Ennis was reported
to Gardaí. Sevral patrol cars responded to the incident and pursued a vehicle
for a time. The car was abandoned on the Drumcliffe road on the outskirts of
the town and three men ran off into local fields.
One man was quickly arrested and a search for
two others continued overnight. A second man was detained at around 8am after
spending the night hiding in fields. A third person from the original pursuit
remains at a large. In a follow-up operation in the early hours of the morning,
another car was spotted on the M18 motorway and intercepted by Gardaí.
Three
men in that vehicle were detained. All five are being questioned in connection
with the same incident. Gardaí are still trawling through CCTV footage from the
break-in while the scene has been preserved for a technical examination. The
car believed to have been involved in the robbery is also being forensically
tested while, it’s understood, a number of mobile phones was recovered from the
car. Marked and unmarked Garda vehicles continue to search a large area around
Drumcliffe that includes two cemeteries, a public amenity, forestry and dozens
of farms. Detective Inspector Kieran Ruane of Ennis confirmed: “One person was
promptly detained after the car was abandoned. Later we arrested three others
after Gardaí intercepted another vehicle. Early today, a second man, believed
to have been in the first car was located and detained by Gardaí. We are still
searching for one person from the original incident and would ask locals and
business owners in the Drumcliffe road area to report anything suspicious to
Gardaí in Ennis on 065 68 48100 or alternatively ring 999/112.” ENDS:
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