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Man is charged after money from cash machine robbed while being transported in Dublin

Gardaí subsequently located the man and arrested him nearby and all the cash was recovered.

Irish Independent newsdesk

Today at 12:46

A man has been arrested in relation to the theft of money from a cash machine while in transit in Dublin on Friday.

A man, aged in his 30s, armed with a hammer, approached security employees at a cash machine in Cornmarket, Dublin 8 demanding the contents of the cash box which was being transported.

The incident occurred at around 6.15am.

The man then took the cash box and fled the scene. No injuries were reported.

Gardaí subsequently located the man and arrested him nearby and all the cash was recovered.

The man is due to be brought before a sitting of Dublin District Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning.

Investigations are ongoing.