Elderly people warned over fake callers after €20k theft

GARDAÍ are warning elderly people to avoid letting strangers into their home after a safe containing €20,000 in cash was stolen by two men posing as workers.

Elderly people warned over fake callers after €20k theft

Senior officers are investigating the large cash theft in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, after the two men gained access to a house at Hillview estate claiming they were calling to fix the water mains.

The pair were let into a house by two elderly occupants on Monday week last. It is understood one of the men distracted the couple while the other ransacked rooms upstairs where he found a safe.

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