A Garda search is underway in Co Meath this morning after a consignment of cigarettes and cash was stolen from a petrol station in the midlands overnight.
The Garda air support unit is participating in the search which is being concentrated in the Summerhill area of Co Meath.
Garda checkpoints set up after the raid in Killbeggan, Co Westmeath failed to catch the raiders. The search involves patrol cars as well as a helicopter.