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Thursday 28 September 2023 Dublin: 11°C

# Caught

This month
September 2023
# Caught
Daniel Khalife remanded in custody in London after being charged with prison escape
The 21-year-old former soldier was arrested on a canal towpath in west London on Saturday morning.
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Sep 11th 2023, 6:11 PM
All time
# Caught
Over €100 million of smuggled contraband has been seized at Irish airports and ports since 2016
At Dublin Port, alone, €87 million worth has been seized since 2016.
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Dec 19th 2019, 6:10 AM
# Attempted Murder
Convicted criminals arrested over attempt to kill close relative of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch
One is from the Sheriff Street area of Dublin 1 while the other man in is from the Docklands.
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Mar 16th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Genius
London police seeking 'voyeur' who put camera in Starbucks toilet, got caught on the same device
The camera had been in place for three or four weeks before being spotted.
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Nov 22nd 2017, 7:25 AM
# slow down
Speed cameras in Port Tunnel catching 250 drivers on a monthly basis
The average speed cameras at the tunnel came into force in May.
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Aug 6th 2017, 6:50 AM
# slow down
Driver to face court after gardaí clock car travelling at over 190 km/h
Traffic officers also dealt with a souped-up motorbike in Wicklow this afternoon.
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Jul 18th 2017, 3:08 PM
# Cocaine
Driver tests positive for cocaine in one of first drug tests - was already banned for 10 years
Gardaí administered the test on the N4 in west Dublin last night.
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Apr 16th 2017, 1:43 PM
# Sexual Abuse
Over 100 suspected paedophiles arrested in Spain
The victims’ ages ran from a few months to around 14-years-old.
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Mar 31st 2017, 8:25 PM
# Operation Thor
Van that pulled over before reaching Garda checkpoint was full of stolen bikes and computers
He was detained after the vehicle stopped on the hard shoulder of the road, to the north of a checkpoint.
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Feb 20th 2017, 8:39 PM
# Dublin Airport
Lithuanian man caught with 22,000 cigarettes in his luggage at Dublin Airport
The find came about when a passenger arriving in Dublin from Sweden was stopped and questioned.
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Aug 18th 2016, 10:45 PM
# pizza`cake
Mafia boss arrested by men dressed as pizza delivery boys
Roberto Manganiello, a boss in Naples’ notorious Camorra mafia, had been on the run since 2013.
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Apr 18th 2016, 2:30 PM
# Fooled U
21 people arrested after the US sets up a fake university to stop immigration fraud
The University of Northern New Jersey even had its own school seal.
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Apr 6th 2016, 1:34 PM
# Caught
Man impersonating garda hijacks jeep, steals wallet from elderly driver
The jeep was later located in Castleshane.
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Mar 25th 2016, 10:42 PM
# being watched
Men jailed after being caught 'red-handed' with loaded guns and a can of petrol
They were caught following a three-day surveillance operation.
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Mar 16th 2016, 4:49 PM
# Caught
Irish crime gang face jail after trying to steal €73 million worth of rhino horns and other artefacts
The men have been convicted in Birmingham.
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Feb 29th 2016, 9:49 PM
# love me tinder
11 of the greatest chancers in the history of Tinder
Caught rapid.
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Jan 30th 2016, 9:30 AM
# Caught
Police arrest man who had been on the run following the serious assault of a woman
33-year-old Stephen McFarlane was apprehended in the Newtownards Road area of Belfast earlier this afternoon.
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Jan 15th 2016, 3:01 PM
# Caught
Gardaí arrest driver doing 140km/ph while smoking a joint
The individual is due to appear in court.
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Jan 11th 2016, 10:00 AM
# Australia
Father and son fugitives caught as decomposing body found in their hideout
The case had enthralled Australia’s media.
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Oct 28th 2015, 11:26 AM
# caught in the act
Police arrest man caught speeding in Facebook video
The video shows the speedometer at 184 kilometres an hour.
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Sep 14th 2015, 6:00 AM
# Dublin
Man (20s) dies after being attacked in Temple Bar
Gardaí believe the incident was filmed by witnesses.
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Sep 11th 2015, 10:44 PM
# urine trouble
Politician forced to drop out of race over video of him peeing in mug at woman's home
The man was repairing a sink at a woman’s home when he grabbed a mug, urinated in it and then emptied it in the sink.
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Sep 7th 2015, 10:42 PM
# Caught
Man arrested off Faro flight after cocaine found in suitcase at Cork Airport
In a separate operation, gardaí discovered an elaborate grow house in Country Meath with €750,000 worth of cannabis plants.
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Jul 25th 2015, 8:50 PM
# Caught
Gardaí seize half a million euro worth of cocaine in South Dublin raids
A large quantity of other drugs were also discovered in the raid of two properties.
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Jul 24th 2015, 6:39 PM
# Caught
Second killer who escaped prison shot and captured by police
David Sweat was shot in a field some 30 miles from the prison he escaped from three weeks ago.
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Jun 29th 2015, 7:19 AM
# coke in kicks
Man sentenced after cocaine found hidden in his runners
The drugs were in a sandwich bag that was stuffed into the toe of a pair of trainers in a sports bag.
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Jun 24th 2015, 10:19 PM
# Gotcha
English teen wanted over rape and theft allegations arrested in Northern Ireland
Gardaí had been appealing for information after sightings of the man in Kildare and Sligo recently.
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May 2nd 2015, 4:02 PM
# blurred lines
Woman to appear in court after flashing Google Street View car
Google has now pixelated the whole of Karen Davis’ body in Street View.
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Apr 5th 2015, 2:30 PM
# was it fizzy orange?
Burglar caught from DNA on a fizzy drink can he left at kitchen sink
Traces of his DNA were found on the rim of the can.
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Mar 18th 2015, 9:54 PM
# re-arrest
Fugitive prisoner stabbed himself in stomach as police approached
He is suspected of carrying out two armed robberies while on the run from police.
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Feb 19th 2015, 4:35 PM
# Caught
Over 540 people have been stopped for drink-driving so far this year
That’s fewer than January 2014.
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Feb 9th 2015, 8:58 PM
# wipe that smirk
Are the people who run the country laughing at this woman being attacked by her brolly?
We think so…
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Jan 16th 2015, 9:10 AM
# Seized
Portlaoise Prisoners made their own phone chargers... but they were seized today
Hooch, tablets and a mobile phone were also found in today’s search.
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Nov 11th 2014, 7:45 PM
# Caught
Man gets 3 months in jail after being caught cigarette smuggling at Dublin Airport yesterday
The 30-year-old appeared in court today after more than 16,000 cigarettes were found in his luggage.
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Aug 21st 2014, 6:46 PM
# fibbers
Olympic champion, assistant to the Prime Minister, Madonna's babysitter: The lies people tell on their CVs...
Stand out from the crowd, but not for all the wrong reasons, warn employers.
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Aug 17th 2014, 10:30 AM
# caught rapid
Wicklow resident unharmed after arriving home to four burglars with a shotgun
The four males who are in their late teens and early twenties were arrested and three of them have been charged.
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Jul 29th 2014, 9:37 AM
# Busted
Convict captured after 41 years by facial recognition technology
Ronald Dwaine Carnes eluded authorities for 41 years using the IDs of two dead boys.
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Jun 26th 2014, 9:59 PM
# Seizure
Twenty cases of counterfeit vodka hidden in air conditioning unit seized
A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene.
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Apr 26th 2014, 1:23 PM
# out of time
195 people penalised (and this van seized) in two-day garda blitz
Almost 100 people were stopped and given fixed penalty points during each of two days of checkpoints by gardai.
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Jan 31st 2014, 7:10 PM
# Nabbed
Pic: Just one of the people caught by gardaí during mobile phone crackdown
The gardaí handed out more than 100 fixed penalty notices at checkpoints today.
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Jan 30th 2014, 11:04 PM
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