Gardaí foil armed raid and arrest crime boss

Anti-gang Garda units confronted an armed crime boss when they thwarted an attempted robbery of a security van.

The gang chief and an associate were waiting inside a disused bank, which still has an operational ATM, as a cash delivery was being made in Dunboyne, Co Meath, yesterday morning.

Specialist Garda squads, which had been conducting surveillance on the facility, swooped before a security worker carrying a cash cartridge entered the premises.