Man arrested over 'tiger' robbery

Gardaí investigating the theft of more than €300,000 in a bank robbery involving hostage taking have arrested a man in Dublin…

Gardaí investigating the theft of more than €300,000 in a bank robbery involving hostage taking have arrested a man in Dublin.

The man in his 20s was arrested in west Dublin, and is currently being detained at Mountjoy garda gtation under the provisions of Section 30 Offences Against the State Act.

The money was taken from the Permanent TSB branch in Phibsborough, north Dublin, on September 22nd.

A 22-year-old female bank worker was sent a picture on her mobile phone as she was in work showing her boyfriend being held at gunpoint.

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She was told her partner (26) would be released unharmed if she dropped a bag of money from the bank on railway tracks at Broombridge Station in Cabra, Dublin, just before noon.

The money was recovered at Broombridge railway station in Dublin later that day.

One man has already been charged in connection with the incident.

Tony Quinn (29), with an address at Park View, Balbutcher Lane, Ballymun, was charged with handling €318,000 in cash at Broombridge on September 22nd, contrary to section 17 of the Theft and Fraud Offences Act.