An off-duty garda along with several other customers foiled an attempted bank raid in Loughrea, Co Galway this afternoon.
Shortly before 4pm two armed men entered the Bank of Ireland on Main Street, Loughrea and attempted to rob it.
The off duty Garda who was in the bank on business at the time tackled one of the raiders and assisted by local people overpowered him.
The second raider managed to escape from the bank.
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An imitation firearm was recovered at the scene and a car was located nearby.
The arrested man from Dublin is being detained at Loughrea Garda station under the provisions of Section 30, Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
A search is ongoing for the second raider also believed from Dublin.