Irish Security Industry Association staff were warned of tiger kidnap risk

The body which represents cash-in-transit workers has condemned the tiger kidnapping in which €200,000 was taken and three people were traumatised, and said it had warned staff in recent weeks of such risks.

The Irish Security Industry Association (ISIA) issued a statement as the Garda investigation into Thursday morning’s raid in Dublin continued.

A cash-in-transit worker, employed by GSLS, was forced to attend work as normal on Thursday and then had to hand over what gardaí said was a “substantial” sum to a gang who had taken his partner and her daughter hostage.