Gardaí seek help to trace movements of crime car

Gardaí have appealed for help tracing the movements of a high-powered car which may be linked to a crime spree across Munster in recent weeks.

They recovered the black Saab 9-3 saloon in Carrignavar, north of Cork City, last Friday a short time after it was involved in a ramming incident at a Garda checkpoint.The car had been observed earlier driving through Whitechurch and Carrignavar villages at high speed.

At around 3.30pm, a Saab approached a checkpoint on the Old Mallow Road manned by members of the armed Regional Support Unit. A Garda jeep was rammed and the Saab sped off. Gardaí found it abandoned a short time later.