Issue Date: 04/10/2022
On Saturday the 1st October 2022, members of the Garda Extradition Unit, Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, supported by local Gardaí in Store Street Garda Station arrested a French man in Dublin 1 on foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued by the French authorities.
The warrant was issued for the 38-year-old via the Schengen Information System (SIS II).
The man appeared before the High Court, Criminal Courts of Justice, on Monday, 3rd October 2022. He has since been remanded in custody until the 14th, October 2022.
Remarking upon the arrest operation, Detective Superintendent Michael Mullen of the Garda Extradition Unit stated "the dynamic arrest of the fugitive re-enforces the strong working relationship between An Garda Síochána and European counterparts, including the significant benefit of the use of the Schengen Information System.”
