€2.7m Brinks van heist a complete joke, say gardaí

GARDAÍ last night described as a “complete joke” yesterday’s heist in which security guards transporting €2.7 million were robbed when they stopped off for coffee.

Garda bosses, along with Justice Minister Michael McDowell, were further outraged when they heard security staff at Brinks Allied regularly stopped at a service station for coffee while delivering cash.

Mr McDowell and Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy are expected to have strong words with Brinks Allied management and other security company representatives today at an emergency meeting called by the minister. Sources in the cash-in-transit industry said it was “much too simple to single out one party when apportioning blame”.