Issue Date: 30/01/2021
Gardaí investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred at approximately 7am this morning, Saturday 30 January 2021, have arrested a man.
Two persons, believed to be armed with a knife, were reported to have entered into a residential property and threatened the occupant.
Cash and a number of items of property were taken from the residence.
Following enquiries, Gardaí out a search of a residential property in the Mount Kenneth Place area of Limerick and arrested a man in his 20s, in relation to the aggravated burglary. During the course of this search, €20,000 worth of cannabis (pending analysis) and drug paraphernalia was seized.
The male was taken to Henry Street Garda station where he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
Investigations are ongoing.
