Robbers may seek to avoid trial as cash goes missing

Lawyers for armed robbers are expected to try and scupper any prosecution after part of the cash seized from them disappeared from a Garda safe.

Of the €26,000 recovered from a raid of a post office in Lusk, north Dublin, last January, €9,000 went missing while in police custody.

A high-level Garda investigation is under way into what is considered an extremely serious and highly sensitive issue for the force.