Suspected thief caught in dramatic chase

A HIGH-RANKING garda nabbed a robbery suspect yesterday after a chase on foot through rugged countryside in Co Limerick.

Suspected thief caught in dramatic chase
Tue, 04 Apr, 2006 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

The patrol car Superintendent Jim Browne and a colleague were travelling in was rammed at high speed by a van following a store robbery in north Cork.

Sgt Bill Harhen arrested one of the men as they tried to flee the crashed van.

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