Gardaí investigating a tiger kidnapping in west Dublin last October have arrested three people.
Two men, aged in their late teens and early 40s, and a woman aged in her mid 30s were arrested today in Crumlin by gardaí investigating the abduction of a female bank official and her family in Lucan.
The teenager is being questioned at Lucan Garda station under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939/1998.
The man is being detained at Lucan Garda station under Section 50 of The Criminal Justice Act 2006, while the woman is being questioned at Ronanstown Garda station under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006.
A car was also seized today as part of the investigation.
An armed gang forced their way into the Bank of Ireland employee’s house in Johnsbridge estate in the early hours of October 23rd, taking her family hostage.
The woman’s two children, aged three and six, were tied up by the gang and bundled into a car along with their father.
While her family was held hostage, the woman was forced to retrieve an undisclosed quantity of money from the Inchicore branch of the bank where she worked.
Her husband and the children were later taken to the back of a garage in Rathangan, Co Kildare, where they managed to set themselves free and raise the alarm.