Ireland Case No. 30857Theft (catalytic converters); fraud (cloned registration plates) · Co. Dublin · 8 Jul 2021
Boy and man arrested after catalytic converter theft operation in Clongriffin, Dublin
A 21-year-old man and a juvenile male were arrested after the Special Crime Task Force seized four stolen catalytic converters, cutting equipment, cloned registration plates and falsely registered vehicles during searches in the Clongriffin area of Dublin on 8 July 2021. The man was charged with two counts of theft and fraud offences.
- Reportednot reported
- Arrested9 Jul
- Charged9 Jul
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports17 statements extracted from the articles
- whatFour stolen catalytic converters were seized (thejournal.ie)
- whatA car-jack and cutting equipment were seized (thejournal.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whatA number of cloned registration plates were seized (thejournal.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whatTwo falsely registered vehicles and one cloned registered vehicle were seized (thejournal.ie, dublinlive.ie)
- whatA 21-year-old man and a juvenile were arrested under Section 73 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (thejournal.ie)
- whatFour stolen catalytic converters were seized during the operation. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatOne man aged 21 and one juvenile male were arrested at the scene. (dublinlive.ie)
- whereGardaí carried out an intervention on vehicles in Clongriffin (thejournal.ie)
- whereBoth were detained at Coolock Garda Station. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationThe operation was part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminality in catalytic converter theft (thejournal.ie)
- investigationBoth persons were detained at Coolock Garda Station under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 (thejournal.ie)
- investigationThe Special Crime Task Force attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau conducted several searches of vehicles in the Clongriffin area on Thursday. (dublinlive.ie)
- chargeThe 21-year-old man was charged with two counts of Section 15 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (thejournal.ie)
- chargeThe 21-year-old man was charged with one count of Section 18 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2021 (thejournal.ie)
- chargeThe man was charged with two counts of theft and fraud offences. (dublinlive.ie)
- courtThe 21-year-old man was due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on 9 July 2021 (thejournal.ie)
- courtThe man is due to appear before court. (dublinlive.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 9 Jul2021Boy arrested after Gardai carry out huge operation during road side searches
Reports the arrests and charges following a Special Crime Task Force operation in Clongriffin that seized stolen catalytic converters, equipment and cloned/falsely registered vehicles.
suspect, 21, malesuspect, male - 9 Jul2021Two people arrested after gardaí seize stolen catalytic converters in north Dublin
Reports the arrest and charging of two people following a multi-vehicle seizure operation targeting organised catalytic converter theft in Clongriffin.
suspect, 21, malesuspect