Issue Date: 20/01/2021
Gardaí have arrested a man in relation to a robbery in Co. Limerick on January 18, 2021.
A woman attended Newcastle West Garda Station where she reported that she had just been subject of a robbery at car park on Sheehan's Road, Newcastle West at 12.30pm. She outlined that she had been sitting in her car smoking a cigarette when a man approached her and requested a cigarette.
When she refused the man became aggressive and threatened her with what was believed to be a knife. He proceed to grab her cigarettes from the dash board and got into a car which then left the scene. The woman was not harmed during the incident.
Following an investigation by detectives in Newcastle West, a possible suspect was nominated. On January 19 a man, aged in his 30s, was arrested in West Cork by Gardaí from Newcastle West.
He was brought to Henry Street Garda Station where he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
