Gardaí and the PSNI were last night looking for a man who stole a Garda car and drove it across the Border into Northern Ireland.
The incident happened at about 9.30pm on Sunday close to a service station at Blake’s Cross near Balbriggan, Co Dublin, when the man was stopped on suspicion of drink-driving.
He was placed in the back of a patrol car but managed to get into the front seat and drive away, while gardaí were inspecting his car.
Gardaí pursued him through the toll bridge at Drogheda, Co Louth, but he escaped and drove into the North. The PSNI later located the Garda car outside Newry.
