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.

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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Courts Crime Place: Curragh, Co Kildare Place: Dublin Place: Martinstown Place: Kildare Garda Station Place: Naas Garda Station Person: Man Person: Gardaí Organisation: Ronanstown Drugs Unit Organisation: Kildare District Court Organisation: Garda Síochana

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