Burglar gang tried to ram gardaí off the road in high-speed car chase, court hears

TWO Garda cars were rammed during a high-speed chase with burglars along the Kerry-Cork border.

A blow torch, axes, hatchets, screwdrivers, vice grips and a manhole cover remover were discovered after the thieves’ car crashed.

The Garda chase between Killarney and Millstreet, on the night of March 25, 2006, was described to Judge Carroll Moran at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee yesterday.