Balbriggan robbery suspects questioned after hammer raid

This report is a localnews.ie summary based on public court reporting and records; sources are listed below.

A gang of teenagers were questioned over a Balbriggan jewellers’ robbery, reported on 10 May 2013. Staff were held up by at least four youths wearing balaclavas and carrying hammers, while display cases were smashed and jewellery was taken. The group later abandoned a car, entered a taxi and were intercepted on the M1 after an off-duty garda alerted colleagues.

Five people were arrested, including four youths in their mid-teens and a man in his 40s. Some stolen jewellery was recovered, but the report said it was unclear whether all the jewellery had been found.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.