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Man arrested after daytime burglary of Dublin restaurant
Staff members at the restaurant were threatened with a weapon.
A MAN HAS been arrested after an aggravated burglary at a restaurant in Swords, Co Dublin.
Gardaí received a report yesterday around noon of a burglary at a restaurant in the Applewood area in Swords.
They learned that a man had entered the premises and threatened staff members with a weapon before fleeing with a sum of cash.
Swords gardaí attended the scene and searched the area.
The man, 20s, was located at a nearby premises and arrested.
He was taken to Swords Garda Station and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
The sum of stolen cash was recovered.
A file is to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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