Gardaí foil €300k tiger kidnap heist

PLAIN clothes detectives foiled a €300,000 tiger kidnapping after a threatened bank worker dumped a bag of cash on railway lines.

A suspected gang member was arrested near tracks by the Royal Canal in north Dublin after a woman dropped off the massive ransom to free her hostage boyfriend.

The Permanent TSB worker had been ordered to collect the cash from the Phibsboro branch at 11am and throw it over a bridge near Broombridge station, Cabra.