Gardaí investigating use of stolen bank drafts

Gardaí have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the use of two stolen blank bank drafts during private car sales in Meath and Dublin.

The drafts were taken during a robbery in July at the Ulster Bank in Cloghran, Co Dublin, when cash and a quantity of blank bank drafts were stolen.

Between August 8 and 10, two of these drafts surfaced as payment to unsuspecting people who were selling their cars privately through a newspaper ad.

Gardaí are appealing for information and warning the public to exercise caution when accepting payment from individuals unknown to them who present such drafts.