Two men are due to appear in court following a garda pursuit involving the Air Support Unit across two counties on Wednesday night.
The men, one in his 20s and a juvenile, are alleged to have hijacked two cars in Kildare and Dublin within 45 minutes. The first incident occurred in Leixlip at 9.15pm on Wednesday, 1 March when a parked car was hijacked before being driven to Lucan where it was set alight.
A short time later, at 10pm, gardaí were alerted to another hijacking incident on Lower Main Street, in Lucan. The driver of the vehicle was threatened by two armed males before being forced from his car, no injuries were reported.
