Three teens arrested as gardaí recover stolen car keys, iron bars and balaclavas

Tomas Doherty

Three teenagers have been arrested in south Dublin as part of an investigation targeting a crime gang.

Stolen car keys, balaclavas and iron bars were recovered in Ballinteer overnight.

A garda operation, carried out in the early hours of Thursday morning, saw a car intercepted in south Dublin and three boys in their mid-teens arrested.

They were detained in Ballinteer as part of ongoing investigations targeting a criminal group involved in opportunistic thefts from parked cars, burglary and related crimes.

A number of stolen car keys, wallets and bank cards were recovered from the vehicle, along with balaclavas, iron bars, torches and snoods.

The car had been reported stolen following a burglary in recent days in Greystones, Co Wicklow.

The teenagers are being held at a Garda station in the capital.