Ireland Three men charged over Dublin building site burglaries
Between Saturday 5th and Friday 18th October 2024, six burglaries and one attempted burglary were committed at building sites in Dublin City Centre, Dublin 3, Dublin 22 and Dublin 24, with tools worth an estimated combined value of over €70,000 taken. In the early hours of Friday 18th October 2024, Gardaí arrested three men, two in their 20s and one in his 30s, at a building site in the Liffey Valley area as part of an intelligence-led operation. The three men were detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 at a Garda station in the Dublin area and charged on the same day in the Dublin 22 area. The latest development is that they are due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice, Court No. 1, on Monday 21st October 2024 at about 10.30am, and investigations are ongoing.
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- Charged21 Oct
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- The investigation concerns six burglaries and one attempted burglary at building sites.
- Tools with an estimated combined value of over €70,000 were taken.
- Where
- The offences took place in the Dublin City Centre, Dublin 3, Dublin 22 and Dublin 24 areas.
- Three men were arrested at a building site in the Liffey Valley area of Dublin.
- When
- The offences were committed between Saturday 5th and Friday 18th October 2024.
- The arrests were made in the early hours of Friday 18th October 2024.
- Other details
- The three arrested men were two in their 20s and one in his 30s.
- The three men were detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 at a Garda station in the Dublin area.
- Investigation
- The burglaries are part of an ongoing investigation into building site burglaries across the Dublin region, run as an intelligence-led operation.
- Follow-up searches recovered a large quantity of property, believed to be some or all of the property stolen.
- Charges
- The three men were charged on Friday 18th October 2024 in the Dublin 22 area.
- In court
- The three men are due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice, Court No. 1, on Monday 21st October 2024 at about 10.30am.
12 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe investigation concerns six burglaries and one attempted burglary. (garda.ie)
- whatTools with a combined estimated value of over €70,000 were taken. (garda.ie)
- whereThe offences took place in the Dublin City Centre, Dublin 3, Dublin 22 and Dublin 24 areas. (garda.ie)
- whereThree men were arrested at a building site in the Liffey Valley area of Dublin. (garda.ie)
- whenThe offences were committed between Saturday 5th and Friday 18th October 2024. (garda.ie)
- investigationThe burglaries are part of an ongoing investigation into building site burglaries across the Dublin region. (garda.ie)
- investigationThe arrests were made as part of an intelligence-led operation. (garda.ie)
- investigationA large quantity of property was recovered during follow-up searches. (garda.ie)
- investigationInvestigations are ongoing. (garda.ie)
- chargeThe three men were arrested and charged on Friday 18th October 2024 in the Dublin 22 area. (garda.ie)
- courtThe three men are due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice, Court No. 1, on Monday 21st October 2024 at about 10.30am. (garda.ie)
- otherThe three men were detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 at a Garda station in the Dublin area. (garda.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 21 Oct2024Court Appearance - Operation Thor Arrests - Burglaries in the Dublin Region, 21st October 2024.
Adds details of the Operation Thor investigation: the three men were arrested at a Liffey Valley building site, charged, and are due in the Criminal Courts of Justice on 21 October 2024. It also gives the number of burglaries, the areas, the estimated value of the tools and the recovery of property.
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