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Gardaí is requesting information after the theft of a cash box by a man armed with a hammer.
The cash in transit (CIT) theft took place on Thomas Street, Dublin at around 12:45 pm on Tuesday.
A CIT staff member, collecting a box of cash from a retail location on Thomas Street, was accosted and threatened by a man armed with a hammer as he was returning to a security van.
The man took possession of a cash box, before fleeing the scene by bicycle.
Gardaí said no one was physically injured in the raid and an undisclosed sum of cash was taken.
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During follow-up consultations, an empty cash drawer caught fire shortly thereafter on St Kevin’s Avenue in New Street, Dublin 8.
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The fire was extinguished and the scene and the cash register have been preserved for technical and forensic examination.
A Garda Síochána on Kevin Street is calling for witnesses to come forward, particularly motorists who were on Thomas Street or the St Kevin’s Avenue / New Street area between 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm today.
Gardaí is asking the public to review video or dash cam footage recorded in the area and make it available to investigators.
Anyone with information should contact the Kevin Street Garda station 01 6669400 or the confidential Garda line 1800 666111.
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