Gardaí at Finglas Garda Station are investigating a robbery from a delivery van on the 24th July 2013 which occurred at approximately 3.30pm on the Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11.
Earlier that afternoon at 3.05pm a blue Nissan Primera pulled up immediately ahead of the Delivery Van at Charlestown Shopping Centre. A man in the back of the car got out and walked up and down on the footpath outside the Shopping Centre watching the courier unload and deliver his stock.
The vans next delivery was at another shop in the Meakstown area. The van arrived at 3.20pm and parked up until about 3.25pm while it made its delivery. The Nissan had pulled in front of the van entering the car park and parked to the left hand side of the car park. When the courier finished here, the raiders followed the van from behind as he made his way to his next destination.
At approximately 3.30pm the delivery driver pulled onto the Jamestown Road and parked outside a shop. The blue Nissan pulled up and 3 men jumped out and started shouting at the driver to give them cigarettes. One male was carrying a golf club and hit the driver a number of times, he also threatened, he would stab him if the didn’t hand over what they wanted. The other two males were grabbing the cigarettes from the side of the van. The raiders got away with a large quantity of cigarettes.
Appeal:
• Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance to help identify the raiders. The public are asked to consider the appearance of the raiders together with the vehicle used to transport the men which is a Blue Nissan Primera with a partial registration number 00 D 20
• Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may know the whereabouts of the car? Has the car been parked up somewhere or was it bearing false plates?
• Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have seen the car leaving the scene to contact them.
Gardaí at Finglas Garda Station are investigating Telephone 01 666 7500
