Man arrested after suspected burglary at Cork pub

A window had been smashed and bottles of alcohol taken.

Gardaí responded to reports of a burglary at around 11pm on October 20. File Picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí arrested a man after a burglary at a pub in Cork city.

At around 11pm last night, gardaí from Watercourse Road station in Blackpool on the northside of the city received a report of a possible break-in at a pub on Thomas Davis Street, just a few hundred metres away.

When they arrived at the scene, gardaí found that a window had been smashed at the rear of the premises and bottles of alcohol had been taken. 

Gardaí carried out a patrol of the area and a man, aged in his 20s, was located close by.

He was arrested and brought to Mayfield Garda Station where he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.