Covert garda units may be used to foil cash van raids

Covert garda units could be used to track cash-in-transit delivery vans in a bid to foil dangerous armed robberies, it was revealed today.

As gardai battle to prevent hold-ups by criminal gangs in Dublin, SIPTU security branch organiser Kevin McMahon said workers wanted to see more random escorts and armed gardaí to try to surprise the criminals.