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Eight-year-old German boy takes his mothers car on 140kph joyride
An eight-year-old boy in Germany took his mother’s car in early August for a late-night joyride at speeds of up to 140kph. German Police said the boy took the nighttime joyride on a highway in western Germany. The boy’s mother called Soest police and told them that her son her VW Golf had disappeared. The boy was eventually found at...
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Catalytic converters stolen by criminal gangs
Precious metals contained in catalytic converters targeted as prices exceed that of gold Recently thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles have skyrocketed in Ireland as gangs try to cash in on the increased prices of the precious metals contained within these devices. From unofficial Garda reports, it is thought that there has been an increase of thefts of up to...
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40 cars seized after persistent failure to pay M50 fines
Dodged M50 tolls amounted to 172 criminal convictions in 2018 for failure of payment In 2018, there were 950 cases of drivers withholding payments for M50 journeys. These cases are processed by the sheriff who is in charge of the repossession of homes and belongings on foot of court orders or Revenue warrants. Approximately 2.3 million people used the M50...
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Gang stealing high-end cars and selling them for pittance
Young gang selling top of the range cars to big criminal bosses for as little as €300 A gang based in north Dublin have been targeting upmarket parts of the area, with Malahide being high of their list of priorities. It is thought that the gang of young male thieves are ‘doing business’ with bigger criminal groups involved in an...
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Woman attacked as man jumps into her car
Gardai are on man-hunt for individual who jumped in woman's vehicle in an attempt to steal it The incident that occurred on Friday afternoon in Trammon, Rathmolyon. A post was put up on facebook detailing the incident and warning people to be aware. It was reported that the woman came across a silver van on the road that was...
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Garda dragged along by speeding car
Garda very lucky after being attacked and dragged by a speeding vehicle An incident that occurred in Dublin's south inner city in which a garda was very lucky not to be seriously injured after being dragged 200m alongside a vehicle while being punched in the head. On the 31st of July at 11:30 pm the two guards were conducting an...
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Early morning car chase across Artane
20 yr old male arrested after wild car chase in North Dublin At 1:30 am on Wednesday morning Gardaí were involved in a high-speed chase through Dublin's north side. A man in his 20’s was arrested after a lengthy car chase through Raheny and Artane area. The man failed to stop the vehicle and thus there were several squad cars...
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Personal injury claim dismissed as suspicions rise that ‘two cars never made contact’
Expert saves €420,000 combined from seven personal injury claims At Ennis circuit court, a judge dismissed four personal injury claims and three more were dismissed alongside these for an alleged crash that occurred between a Ford Focus and a Nissan Almera in the village of Inagh, Co Clare, on March 13, 2014. These claims were worth a total of €420,000...
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Criminal Assets Bureau makes the biggest seizure in its 20-year history
CAB hauls in huge fleet of cars The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized a fleet of 114 cars in a major raid on a motor dealership in Limerick and now wants to sell these vehicles. The multi-million euro fleet will be sold by CAB in order to “preserve their value” as they pursue the matter with this dealership in the...
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Man damages 27 cars because his path was blocked
Baby Buggy Road Rage A man criminally damaged 27 cars just because his path was blocked while strolling down the path with a buggy. In an outrageous act, Krzysztof Stefaniak went home, got drunk and returned later with a screwdriver and damaged the offending vehicles simply for the fact that his path was blocked. The man later conveniently claimed...