Issue Date: 11/03/2025
Gardaí arrested 5 males following a managed containment operation on the N3 Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, this morning, Tuesday 11th February 2025.
At approximately 4:00am this morning, Gardaí on patrol from Blanchardstown Community Engagement Area observed a car driving dangerously and a managed containment operation commenced.
During the course of this operation the offending vehicle collided with a marked patrol car. The car then came to a stop when it collided with the edge railing of the N3.
Five males fled the vehicle and were subsequently arrested on the roadside.
No injuries have been reported as a result of these collisions.
It was subsequently established that the vehicle had been taken a short time earlier during the course of a burglary in the Blanchardstown area.
All five, aged in their teens and early 20s, were taken to Garda Stations in the DMR West where they were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. Three of these males have been released and a file will be prepared for the DPP.
Two of the males remain in custody.
Investigations are ongoing.
