Cross-Border hunt for armed gang after cigarettes' heist

POLICE in the North and the gardaí were last night involved in a cross-Border hunt for an armed gang who stole cigarettes worth €1.6m in an early-morning hijacking on the main Dublin to Belfast road.

The driver of the hijacked lorry was abducted by the gang, who stopped him as he was driving south with the 40-foot container full of cigarettes.

He was released after being taken away, held for a time and questioned by members of the gang. The man suffered minor injuries.