Search for third gang member continues

Gardaí in Kerry were continuing searches yesterday for a third member of a gang involved in an armed robbery and the ramming of a Garda car, resulting in the injury of two detectives.

A search operation, involving 30 gardaí, was conducted in the Beaufort area, near Killarney, throughout the day. The suspect was part of a three-man gang that conducted an armed robbery of a post office in Waterville at 11.30am on Wednesday.

Gardaí suspect that the gang knew a cash delivery had been made earlier that day. They escaped in a Ford car, which they abandoned a short distance later, and got into another vehicle.