Two men are to appear in court today charged in connection with an armed robbery in Dublin earlier this week.
The men, aged 38 and 45, are to appear before the Special Criminal Court at 4.15pm.
The incident began at around 10am on Tuesday when the two suspects flagged down a taxi in the centre of Dublin. Once in the car one of the men produced a handgun and threatened the taxi driver.
The men forced the driver into the boot of his car, leaving him locked in for two hours as they drove around and parked for a period in the city centre.
Just before noon they drove the taxi to Prussia Street in the north inner city where they waited for a cash-in-transit van that was delivering money to a post office.
When the van arrived the men threatened the crew manning the van and at gunpoint ordered them to surrender a strongbox full of money. When the two raiders had the money they got back into the taxi and sped away from the scene.
Dye from the box exploded when attempts were made to open it and the two men ran off leaving the taxi - with the driver still in the boot - as well as their firearm and the box of money.
Uniformed gardaí on patrol in the area chased the men and both suspects were arrested on nearby Church Street. The men were questioned at Store Street Garda station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.