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A WOMAN HAS been arrested in connection with an armed raid on a post office in Kerry earlier this week.
Gardaí confirmed that a woman in her late-20s had been arrested yesterday evening at 5.30 in Killarney.
She is currently being detained at Killarney Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.
Two men were previously arrested in connection with the raid, which took place in the town of Waterville at about 11am on Wednesday morning.
Gardaí believe that three men entered the post office and made off in a car with a sum of money.
Gardaí pursued the suspects and the car crashed in the Beaufort area of Killarney.
Shots were discharged by gardaí but no injuries were reported as a result. Two gardaí were admitted to hospital following the incident.
They have since been released, but are said to be “suffering from severe shock”.
The two men were later arrested and are still being held at Killarney and Tralee Garda stations.
A manhunt was underway yesterday for a third male suspect, who was believed to be somehow involved in the raid.
Gardaí confirmed that this initial search has now been called off and that investigations into the robbery are still ongoing.
It is not believed that the woman arrested was involved directly in the armed raid.
Anyone with information on the incident can contact gardaí at Killarney on 0646671167.
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You can’t cut cut and cut and expect the same results. This is a pure cause from a cheap government
Yes you can if there is huge inefficiency. The cuts were financially necessary but the reorganisation hasn’t happened. Listen to the various Garda units…..
War on drugs require large large budgets and lots and lots of man in woman in blue. Self feeding and extremely lucrative cycle. ( Not for the taxpayer, user, addict or Guarda of course)
Really really shocked ‘respectable’ families are affected. Who would have guessed people with lots of money dabble in drugs. Keep fighting windmills with all we got, it’s important!!
a sensible drugs policy which keeps profits and victims away from cartels is still many years away
It’s a police service now not a police force. More about PR than fighting crime.
Until you stop criminalising the issue will you see positive results, but that makes too much sense to happen in Ireland.
What?
This is the effect of public sector cuts and no investment in resources for 6 yrs . Government has buried their heads in the sand and pray nothing happens. Not just Guards , firefighters nurses, ,ambluance,prison service,customs,army etc all destroyed because of cuts
Have you done a Rip Von Winkle? The Gardai are an administrative and management mess. Until there is reform it would be madness to put more money in.
They have no support. Not long enough prison terms, no prison spaces( we replaced a jail in cork with 20 less places), and legal lobby are happy as the repeat offenders are their main customers.
Legalise and regulate the trade entirely and offer safe spaces for addicts to go – that will resolve this issue.
Has anyone been around Talbot Street / Gardiner Street lately.
It’s like the zombie apocalypse with the junkies around there.
And how will legalising it reduce the amount of addicts?
It won’t – it will reduce the amount of crime associated though.
How? Junkies will still need to steal etc to afford their fix. Unless it goes on HSE? They can already get methadone.
Until heroin becomes a middle class issue the establishment simply don’t care.
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