A man has been charged after a slew of robberies at pharmacies in Dublin over the course of four days.
The incidents all occurred in Coolock, and saw the arrested man entering each pharmacy armed with a knife and demanding a number of items from staff. The man in his 30s fled a scene on November 4 on foot after being spotted, and was intercepted by gardai a short distance away.
He was arrested and taken to Coolock Garda Station where he was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. Following an investigation, gardai then charged the man in connection with a number of robberies.
