Four youths arrested as stolen BMW stopped by stinger after hitting garda car in Ballinhassig
The recovered vehicle, a BMW X5, had been stolen earlier that night during a burglary at a residence in the Rochestown area of Cork. Picture: An Garda Síochána
Gardaí in Cork have arrested and detained four male youths who rammed a garda car with a stolen vehicle.
A garda spokesperson said the arrests followed a “managed containment operation” in the early hours of Tuesday morning, during which nobody was injured.
Multiple garda units, including the Armed Support Unit (ASU), took part in the operation, which lasted nearly half an hour, before the vehicle was stopped using a stinger device near Ballinhassig village.
Shortly after 2.30am, Gardaí from Kinsale who were on an active mobile patrol in the Begooly area attempted to stop a vehicle with multiple occupants as it left a residential estate.
The vehicle failed to stop and struck the Garda patrol car as it fled the scene.
A coordinated response was launched, involving a number of local and divisional garda units, including the Armed Support Unit.
Following a managed containment operation, the vehicle came to a stop near Ballinhassig village shortly before 3am after a stinger device had been placed across the road.
Four male youths – three aged in their mid-teens and one aged 19 – were arrested and are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Garda stations in Co Cork.
The recovered vehicle, a BMW X5, had been stolen earlier that night during a burglary at a residence in the Rochestown area of Cork. It has been seized for technical examination.
No injuries were reported during the incident, and investigations are ongoing.
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