UK police are seeking the extradition of a Co Limerick man they want in connection with the theft of a €200,000 rhino horn, the High Court was told yesterday.
Michael Kealy, Abbeylands, Askeaton, was released on €15,000 cash bail to await trial on a European arrest warrant. His case was adjourned until October 9th.
Det Sgt James Kirwan told the court he arrested Mr Kealy in a car park in Fiddown, Piltown, Co Kilkenny, yesterday morning.
He said he told him he had a warrant from the UK which alleged he had been involved in the robbery of a rhino horn from an antiques dealer at Nottingham and Newark, a market town in Nottinghamshire. Det Sgt Kirwan said Mr Kealy replied that he knew nothing about the alleged robbery.