McDowell to grill cash-in-transit firms over ‘radical lapses’

THE cash-in-transit industry is to be forced to comply with mandatory standards following what Justice Minister Michael McDowell described yesterday as inexcusable security lapses.

Mr McDowell announced that he will this week summon security companies and banks to his officers and demand to know why a voluntary code adopted by them had clearly not worked.

The Minister referred to “radical lapses” in the past week, including: