Crime & Law

Three arrested after attempt to open post office safe fails

Masked men armed with knives, crowbar threaten post office customers and staff

At about 12.30pm on Thursday, three masked men armed with knives, a crowbar and other items entered a post office at Leonard’s Corner in Dublin before threatening customers and staff. They failed in their attempts to open a safe, and fled on foot empty-handed. File photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
At about 12.30pm on Thursday, three masked men armed with knives, a crowbar and other items entered a post office at Leonard’s Corner in Dublin before threatening customers and staff. They failed in their attempts to open a safe, and fled on foot empty-handed. File photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
Thu Dec 03 2015 - 20:51

Three men were arrested on Thursday after an attempted robbery at a Dublin 8 post office.

At about 12.30pm, three masked men armed with knives, a crowbar and other items entered a post office at Leonard's Corner before threatening customers and staff.

They failed in their attempts to open a safe, and fled on foot empty-handed.

A flat was searched by gardaí a short distance from the scene of the incident, and three males in their 20s were arrested “as part of Operation Thor”, a Garda statement said.

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The three are being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Kevin Street and Pearse Street Garda stations.

The statement said investigations are ongoing and further updates will follow.