Gardaí question suspect after raid

GARDAÍ were last night questioning one suspected armed robber and hunting a second after an aborted raid on an electrical goods store in west Dublin.

Two unarmed gardaí forced the raiders to abandon their getaway on a high performance motorbike after challenging them as they fled the store with up to E100,000 in cash. The gardaí were threatened at gunpoint.

The pair then hijacked at gunpoint a woman’s car before crashing it after a high-speed chase. They then fled on foot, leaving the stolen cash and their pump action shotgun behind.