Detectives hunting an organised gang responsible for Britain’s biggest ever robbery have arrested two people, police confirmed tonight.

British police today urged criminal associates of the armed gang responsible for the country’s biggest ever robbery to turn informer.

The multi-million-pound Securitas depot raid was carried out with “military precision” by professional robbers operating at the “top level” of organised crime, a senior British police officer said today.

The robbery of between £25m (€37m) to £40m (€58.6m) from a security depot in England is the biggest cash heist in British history.

Three armed men have escaped with an undisclosed sum of money following a robbery at a post office in Co Mayo this morning.

Gardaí are searching for an armed gang who got away with cash believed to be in the region of €100,000 in a raid on a security van in Arklow.

Four men have been arrested after an armed post office robbery in Limerick city.

Detectives in south Belfast appealed for information tonight after armed robbers crashed into two cars when trying to make their getaway.

A gang used a stolen digger to break an ATM free from a building but they failed to get any cash, gardaí said today.

Two armed men have escaped with a large sum of money following a raid on a security van in Co Louth this morning.

There has been an armed robbery at the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown.

Armed robbers have escaped empty-handed after an attempted raid on a security van in south Dublin.

Gardaí in Limerick are hunting two armed men following a robbery in the county overnight.

Police in Co Armagh are searching for three men who attacked an elderly man with an iron bar during a robbery in Markethill this morning.

A security van has been held up at gunpoint in Dublin.

There has been an armed raid in Clonee this afternoon.

The Gardai have confirmed that a robbery has taken place in Donegal.

Gardai in Co Donegal are investigating the theft of up to €1,600 during an armed raid on an arcade in Buncrana last night.

Detectives in the UK are investigating a robbery at Heathrow.

Gardai in Co Louth are hunting for three masked raiders who stole a small amount of cash from the Glenside Hotel in Drogheda this morning.

Gardai in Dublin have located the motorbike used in a raid on a security van outside Temple Street Hospital earlier today.

A security guard is believed to have been injured in an armed raid on a security van in Dublin this morning.