ATM armed raiders left empty-handed after being sprayed with pink dye

Armed raiders who threatened  the crew of a security company loading an ATM with money escaped empty-handed after a device inside…

Armed raiders who threatened  the crew of a security company loading an ATM with money escaped empty-handed after a device inside one of the money boxes exploded, spraying pink dye over one of them.

The raiders threatened the two G4S security company workers with a handgun as they were servicing the ATM at a disused AIB branch at the High Street- Bridge Street junction in Dublin just after 7am.

While they grabbed a number of boxes, the pink dye device exploded, covering one of the raiders. It later emerged the boxes the men escaped with were empty.

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