Gardaí have foiled an armed theft in south central Dublin after a person carrying a firearm pointed it at a taxi driver, demanding cash from him. The attacker additionally assaulted the motive force earlier than fleeing with stolen property.
Nevertheless, a variety of gardaí arrived on the scene and chased the raider on foot, catching him and putting him beneath arrest. A firearm and the objects the suspect had stolen from the motive force had been all recovered on the scene.
The incident occurred at about 2.45am on Wednesday when the motive force was working within the Mill St space of Dublin 8. As the motive force was ready for a fare out to scholar lodging the attacker approached on foot, pointed his gun on the driver and demanded cash from him.
The Garda added the motive force was assaulted, with the attacker beating him in the physique and face as he robbed the motive force.
“The male gunman fled the scene as gardaí arrived. A brief foot pursuit ensued and he was arrested. All property was recovered together with the firearm,” a Garda assertion added.
The driving force was taken to close by St James’s Hospital the place he was handled for his accidents, although they had been described as non-life threatening and he was anticipated to make a full get better.
The suspect, a person in his 20s, was taken from the scene to Kevin St Garda station for questioning. He was being questioned there on Wednesday morning beneath Part 30 of the Offences In opposition to the State Act, which permits for his questioning for as much as 72 hours with out cost.
The firearm has been despatched for ballistics testing and the motive force’s taxi was additionally because of be forensically examined on Wednesday by members of the Garda Technical Bureau.