Man is arrested after standoff

A MAN who barricaded himself into a house overnight wielding a slash hook and carrying a can of petrol was arrested yesterday.

Man is arrested after standoff
Sat, 02 Apr, 2005 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

The man, aged in his 40s, had earlier assaulted a garda during a drugs raid on a house in the Curragh, Co Kildare.

Officers attached to the Ronanstown Drugs Unit in Dublin were carrying out a planned operation at the house in Martinstown on Thursday night when the incident happened.

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