{"id":600030,"date":"2026-08-21T09:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600030\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:12:14","slug":"garda-operation-targeting-burglary-gang-on-m50-sparked-major-manhunt-through-west-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/600030\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda operation targeting burglary gang on M50 sparked major manhunt through west Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-updated-redesign article-updated-redesign-\" title=\"Friday 21 Aug 2026, 9:54 AM\">\n<p>                            LAST UPDATE<br \/>\n                            |<br \/>\n                            18 mins ago\n                        <\/p>\n<p>A LARGE-SCALE GARDA manhunt through west Dublin on Thursday stemmed from an operation targeting an organised burglary gang on the M50.<\/p>\n<p>Four men were ultimately arrested following the operation, which saw specialist and plain-clothes garda units deployed and the Garda Air Support Unit helicopter used as searches spread through the Chapelizod area.<\/p>\n<p>At around 10.30am yesterday, garda\u00ed moved to stop a silver Volvo S40 on the M50 as part of what has been described as a \u201cmanaged containment operation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle and its occupants are understood to have been under investigation in connection with a series of burglaries and similar incidents around the country.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787303533_619_.png\"  alt=\"Silver Volvo S40 Saloon 2006\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            Stock image of a similar make and model of Volvo S40 Saloon                    Garda Press Office<\/p>\n<p>    Garda Press Office\n<\/p>\n<p>The operation subsequently spilled into areas of west Dublin, with some of those being pursued fleeing from garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>One man is understood to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/arrests-chapelizod-dublin-burglary-gang-garda-pursuit-7137142-Aug2026\/?jrnl_lg=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entered the River Liffey in the Chapelizod area<\/a> in an attempt to evade officers.<\/p>\n<p>The search prompted a significant garda presence in the area, with specialist and plain-clothes units involved and the garda helicopter deployed overhead.<\/p>\n<p>One of the men being sought was also captured on a local resident\u2019s home CCTV in Chapelizod during the operation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787303534_96_.JPEG\"  alt=\"IMG-20260820-WA0002\" class=\"alignnone inline-image\" \/><br \/>\n            The garda helicopter photographed in the Chapelizod area.                    The Journal<\/p>\n<p>    The Journal\n<\/p>\n<p>Four men, three aged in their 20s and one in his 40s, were eventually arrested and are being detained at garda stations in the Dublin region.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed subsequently searched the Volvo and said house-breaking implements, gloves and face coverings were discovered inside.<\/p>\n<p>The car was also displaying false registration plates.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the vehicle has been used by members of the criminal group during a number of burglaries and similar incidents nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed have since shared a stock image of a similar silver 2006 Volvo S40 as they seek information about its movements.<\/p>\n<p>They said the vehicle involved in yesterday\u2019s operation can be distinguished by a dark grey driver\u2019s-side wing mirror and a yellow tax disc holder in its windscreen.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) on 01 666 9896, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any garda station.<\/p>\n<p>A garda spokesperson said investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>-With additional reporting from Niall O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAST UPDATE | 18 mins ago A LARGE-SCALE GARDA manhunt through west Dublin on Thursday stemmed from an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59227,91863,254260,615,42,69197,43,254261,40,38,41,39,59499],"class_list":["post-600030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-arrest","tag-chapelizod","tag-containment-operation","tag-dublin","tag-headlines","tag-m50","tag-news","tag-organised-burglary-gang","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-west-dublin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600030","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=600030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}