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Clarendon Street
Man arrested after early morning theft of jewellery worth over €100,000 from Dublin premises
The stolen jewellery was recovered by gardaí.
A MAN HAS been arrested following a burglary of jewellery worth more than €100,000 from a Dublin premises in the early hours of this morning.
At approximately 2:45am this morning, gardaí responded to a report of a burglary at a retail premises on Clarendon Street, Dublin 2. The premises had been damaged and jewellery had been stolen.
Gardaí said that a description of a suspect was obtained through CCTV footage and circulated to other garda members in the area.
Within an hour, gardaí on patrol near St Stephen’s Green saw a person matching the description and he was apprehended and arrested.
Gardaí preserved a site next to where the man was arrested for the purpose of conducting a search. The stolen jewellery was recovered.
The man, aged in his 40s, is currently detained at a garda station in Dublin in connection with this incident.
Investigations are ongoing.
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