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Seven held after Irish £6.2m raid | Seven held after Irish £6.2m raid |
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Police in the Irish Republic have arrested six men and a woman in connection with the country's biggest ever bank robbery. | Police in the Irish Republic have arrested six men and a woman in connection with the country's biggest ever bank robbery. |
On Friday, an armed gang forced a bank official to withdraw an estimated 7m euros (£6.2m) from the Bank of Ireland branch at College Green, Dublin. | On Friday, an armed gang forced a bank official to withdraw an estimated 7m euros (£6.2m) from the Bank of Ireland branch at College Green, Dublin. |
They had taken his partner, her mother and a five-year-old boy hostage. | They had taken his partner, her mother and a five-year-old boy hostage. |
Gardai have identified a notorious organised crime gang from Dublin's north inner city as the prime suspects. | Gardai have identified a notorious organised crime gang from Dublin's north inner city as the prime suspects. |
In a dramatic string of swoops across the Irish capital, one house was raided, two cars were stopped and searched, and cash seized. | In a dramatic string of swoops across the Irish capital, one house was raided, two cars were stopped and searched, and cash seized. |
Laundry bags | Laundry bags |
The gang had forced their way into the home of Bank of Ireland employee Shane Travers in County Kildare on Thursday night. | The gang had forced their way into the home of Bank of Ireland employee Shane Travers in County Kildare on Thursday night. |
His partner, Stephanie Smith, was beaten and the family bundled into a van and driven from the house. | His partner, Stephanie Smith, was beaten and the family bundled into a van and driven from the house. |
The 24-year-old junior key holder was forced to drive into work early on Friday. | The 24-year-old junior key holder was forced to drive into work early on Friday. |
After filling laundry bags with brand new notes from the company's landmark central Dublin branch, he handed it over to the gang at Clontarf DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) station. | After filling laundry bags with brand new notes from the company's landmark central Dublin branch, he handed it over to the gang at Clontarf DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) station. |
His partner's family were then released in the Ashbourne area of County Meath at around 0700 GMT on Friday. | His partner's family were then released in the Ashbourne area of County Meath at around 0700 GMT on Friday. |
Police outside the house where the banker's family were held hostage | Police outside the house where the banker's family were held hostage |
It is a fact that gardai didn't know about this incident until the money had actually left the bank premises Dermot Ahern, Justice minister | It is a fact that gardai didn't know about this incident until the money had actually left the bank premises Dermot Ahern, Justice minister |
The Irish justice minister, Dermot Ahern, said he was deeply concerned that proper procedures were not followed at the bank. | The Irish justice minister, Dermot Ahern, said he was deeply concerned that proper procedures were not followed at the bank. |
"It is a fact that gardai didn't know about this incident until the money had actually left the bank premises. | "It is a fact that gardai didn't know about this incident until the money had actually left the bank premises. |
"Under normal protocol that shouldn't be the case, because the sooner they know about it, the sooner they can put in the necessary checkpoints, etc." | "Under normal protocol that shouldn't be the case, because the sooner they know about it, the sooner they can put in the necessary checkpoints, etc." |
In 2004, a gang forced two employees of the Northern Bank to help it steal £26m from the bank's central Belfast vault. | In 2004, a gang forced two employees of the Northern Bank to help it steal £26m from the bank's central Belfast vault. |