A man has been charged with armed robbery after a frightening knifepoint theft in a shop in the north inner city.
Gardai on patrol on Mayor Street were alerted by a passer-by to a robbery happening at a nearby shop on Thursday evening around 6:30pm. They rushed to the scene where a man, in his 40s, had held staff at knifepoint and attempted to steal cash.
The officers restrained the man and used pepper spray to subdue him before arresting him and taking him to Store Street garda station. The man has since been charged.
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The full garda statement reads: "A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a robbery that occurred at a shop in the Dublin 1 area on the evening of Thursday 12th January 2023. At approximately 6:30pm, two Garda members on patrol in the Mayor Street area were alerted by a member of the public about a robbery in progress at a shop nearby where a man was threatening staff with a knife and demanding cash.
"Following a physical intervention by the Garda members and the deployment of OC spray, a male in his 40s was arrested. He was detained at Store Street Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
"He has since been charged and appeared at the Criminal Courts of Justice Dublin on the afternoon of Friday 13th January 2023."
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