Burglary - Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

Gardaí at Clonmel Garda Station are investigating a burglary that occurred on the morning of Tuesday 24th October 2023 at approximately 3:34am.  On the night in question, a red 5 door Seat Leon with registration 06-KK-4230 arrived at Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary.  Two male suspects exited the car and gained entry to Bretts’s Hardware, using a sledgehammer.  The two men left the shop when they heard another car pulling up outside, but then subsequently returned to the Hardware store. 

The two suspects removed a safe from the hardware shop and attempted to put it into the car.  Two other suspects got out of the vehicle to help them.  They were unable to close the boot so the four got into the car and drove off with the boot remaining open.  The safe was subsequently found in the Scotsborough, Callan, Co. Kilkenny area.  The safe had been forced open and a substantial amount of money had been taken.

The registration plates on the red Seat Leon 06-KK-4230 were subsequently found to have been taken from another vehicle in Fethard, Co. Tipperary some days previously.

Garda Appeal

• Anyone that may have sold a similar vehicle, a red Seat Leon, in the days / weeks before the burglary. A number of witnesses stated it had a loud exhaust
• Anyone that may have purchased a similar vehicle since the incident.
• Did you see the vehicle on the night of the 25th October following on after Scotsborough?
• Did you see the vehicle in the days / weeks leading up to the night of the incident?
• Do you recognise any of the suspects or have any information relating to individuals matching the description?

Descriptions of Suspects:

Suspect 1

6ft in height

Aged - 30’s

Heavy build

Wearing black tracksuit bottom, black hoodie, black runners, black gloves, black cap and light coloured snood

Carried torch

Suspect 2

Late 20’s

Slim / medium build

Wearing grey jeans, black belt, black top, black runners, balaclava / snood, black gloves

Carried torch

Suspect 3

Driver of vehicle

Early 20’s

Slim build

Wearing black hoodie, black tracksuit bottoms, black gloves, black cap, black runners, snood

Suspect 4

Early 20’s

Slim build

Wearing dark jeans, black cap, black hoodie, black gloves, black runners