Man held over bank robbery

A 24-year-old Dublin man was arrested under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act in Blanchardstown yesterday and …

A 24-year-old Dublin man was arrested under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act in Blanchardstown yesterday and questioned about a bank robbery in Navan on December 23rd. In the robbery two men with what appeared to be handguns entered the Ulster Bank and jumped the counter.

They took a small amount of cash and escaped in a stolen car.

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