Street shootout

ONE man is dead and another seriously injured after gardaí from the organised crime unit smashed an attempted raid on a cash-in-transit van by armed criminals linked to suspects in the €7.6 million raid on the Bank of Ireland in March.

Just after noon, specialist officers who were lying in wait as part of an ongoing operation witnessed five individuals in their 20s leave a high-powered 4x4 and approach the G4S cash van which was delivering a large quantity of money for the Centra shopping store’s ATM on the Foxborough Road in Lucan, Co Dublin.

After the drivers were ordered to hand over at least two money boxes by the gang, one of whom was carrying a sawn-off shotgun, gardaí drew their weapons and ordered them to stand down.