Stolen Cars - Arrests

23-10-2010 10:46am #1

Anyone who has had their car stolen, may have a small bit of luck here, according to this report in IT today

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1023/breaking8.html

irishtimes.com - Last Updated: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 11:21

Three arrested in Balbriggan
Three men were arrested yesterday after six stolen cars were recovered in Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

Gardai recovered the cars during a planned search of a premises at Westbrook Park in the town yesterday afternoon.

The cars, which were registered in 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2004 are believed to have been stolen from counties Kildare, Dublin and Wicklow. They have been removed for a full technical examination.

Three men, aged 30, 20 and 46 were arrested at the scene. They are detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Balbriggan and Ballymun Garda stations.

RandomAccess · 23-10-2010 5:22pm

Just caught the story on RTE news.

The cars involved were being cloned with vin & reg numbers from clean cars and were then sold on via online car sales sites.

The private used car market is a minefield these days, most of the schemes have been popular in the UK for ages and it just seems to be getting going over here.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1023/dublin.html

Motorcheck · 24-10-2010 10:28am

Nice to see an Garda Siochana getting a result. Credit where it's due.

Absurdum · 24-10-2010 10:41am

They were being cloned from crashed cars, they were at it for a long time from what I've been hearing.

ytareh · 24-10-2010 11:15am

Slap on the wrists if theyre unlucky!

spdeveille · 25-10-2010 5:31pm

There was someone selling cars at the entrance of westbrook for the last 3 years.
I was looking for more information on this but there doesn’t seem to be any more. I wonder if they let these guys go on bail.