Trail of ink led to arrest of man who stole €40,000, court hears

A Dublin man who stole a cash box containing €40,000 was arrested after gardaí followed a trail of ink and smoke from the box’s security devices back to his home, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

A Dublin man who stole a cash box containing €40,000 was arrested after gardaí followed a trial of ink and smoke from the box’s security devices back to his home, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Jason Clarke (aged 29) of O’Devaney Gardens, pleaded guilty to stealing the box from a Securicor worker as he delivered it to a ATM in the Park Shopping Centre, off Prussia Street, on January 11, 2008.