Gardaí made 24 arrests over tiger raid in one day

GARDAÍ investigating a €2.28 million tiger raid carried out 64 searches and arrested 24 people in a single day, a trial has heard.

David Byrne, aged 39, of Old Brazeel Way, Knocksedan, Swords, and Niall Byrne, aged 29, of Crumlin Road Flats, Crumlin Road, are alleged to have been members of a gang that held Securicor worker Paul Richardson and his family hostage during a raid in March 2005.

Both men have pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to falsely imprisoning the Richardson family at Ashcroft, Raheny, on March 13 and 14, 2005 and to robbing Paul Richardson and Securicor of €2.3 million on the same date.