Special garda unit to reform

GARDAÍ are to revamp a specialist unit tasked with combating cash-in-transit robberies, it emerged yesterday. The decision follows last week’s €2.4 million heist in north Dublin and a €2.1m raid in west Dublin a fortnight previously.

Senior gardaí are recruiting 20 new detectives to Operation Delivery, which had considerable success against armed raiders last year. The unit was set up last June by Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy in response to a surge of cash- in-transit robberies.

There were 26 raids following the establishment of Operation Delivery, between July and December last year, compared to 38 raids in the previous six months.