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Man impersonating garda hijacks jeep, steals wallet from elderly driver
The jeep was later located in Castleshane.
TWO MEN HAVE been arrested after a carjacking and robbery in Monaghan.
At around 4.45pm today an elderly man was stopped in his jeep at Creeve, near Scotch Corner in Monaghan. A man, impersonating a garda, then proceeded to rob the driver of his wallet and left the scene in the car.
A manhunt was launched by Monaghan gardaí and the jeep was later located in Castleshane. A man in his 50s was arrested.
A second man, aged in his 40s, was also arrested in Castleblaney and both men are being held at Monaghan garda station.
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