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Guns, ammo seized in raids on gangs involved in Irish ATM thefts

August 10, 2004

Irish Examiner.com - Police investigating ATM delivery robberies seized guns, ammunition and the keys to 30 vehicles during several raids in Finglas, Dublin, the home of one of the gangs police believe were involved in some of the 38 armed robberies this year. An unidentified man was arrested, the ninth person to face questioning as part of Operation Delivery, set up two months ago to target cash-in-transit raiders. The operation includes ateam of 25 detectives from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation.The Criminal Assets Bureau is tracking the proceeds of the robberies, estimated at between €2 million and €4 million (U.S. $2.4 million and $4.8 million).