{"id":599830,"date":"2026-08-21T04:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/599830\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:18:09","slug":"four-arrests-in-garda-operation-targeting-burglary-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/599830\/","title":{"rendered":"Four arrests in garda operation targeting burglary gang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four men, three aged in their 20s and one in their 40s, have been arrested in what garda\u00ed described as a managed containment operation.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed attached to the Dublin Crime Response Team supported by local garda units in Dublin west arrested four men on the M50 motorway.<\/p>\n<p>At 10.30am, garda\u00ed conducted a managed containment operation when they stopped a vehicle and arrested four men, believed to be members of an organised burglary gang.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that this group has used a 2006 Volvo S4 in a number of burglaries and similar incidents nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The silver car was searched and a number of house breaking implements as well as gloves and face coverings were seized.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silver Volco S40 Saloon 2006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0024dfb4-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nGarda\u00ed say the Volvo has a distinctive dark grey coloured drivers-side wing mirror and a yellow tax disc holder in the windscreen (Pic: An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na described as stock image of similar make and model)<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed reported that the car was bearing false registration plates.<\/p>\n<p>All men are being detained under Section 50 Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at garda stations in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed are appealing to anyone with information or who may have seen the silver Volvo in their area to contact them.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Dublin Crime Response Team on 01 666 9896, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four men, three aged in their 20s and one in their 40s, have been arrested in what garda\u00ed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-599830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}