Off-duty Garda foils attempted armed robbery as two men arrested in Dublin.. free adult image hosting. Two people have been arrested after an attempted armed robbery yesterday evening.
Two men, with their faces covered, entered a shop on Lower Mount Pleasant Avenue in Ranelagh, Dublin at around 6.45pm on Thursday.
They were armed with what appeared to be a firearm, but an off-duty Garda spotted the incident underway and followed the men into the shop.
He confronted them and started to struggle with one of the robbers, but was attacked by the second.
The suspects fled the scene in the direction of Mount Pleasant Square, with the plainclothes Garda in close pursuit.
As the men ran they threw the firearm into some bushes at Mount Pleasant Square, where it was found and removed for a technical examination.
One man was arrested soon afterwards following a struggle and the second escaped.
This man in his 20s is detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 at Rathmines Garda Station.
Gardai then arrested a second person at 11.30pm in a follow up operation.
A juvenile is being detained at Terenure under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
The Garda also received medical attention at St James' Hospital for a hand injury.
