New gardaí on first day nail thief who had targeted US tourists in Dublin
The two made the collar on their first walk through the capital
TWO BRAND-NEW members of An Garda Síochana have had a very successful first day on the job.
Probationer Gardaí James King and Michael Bracken had their first tour of duty at Pearse St station on Sunday morning, having attested at the Garda College in Templemore on Friday, December 15.
The pair were taken out by one of their new colleagues, Garda O’Sullivan, on an Operation Citizen patrol around Temple Bar, where at around 10am, the trio spotted someone acting suspiciously down a laneway.
When searched, the individual had four MacBook Pro laptops, two Kindle's and a pair of Bose headphones in his possession.
It turned out the laptops had been stolen from three US tourists and their Irish mate, Nicholas that weekend.
Nicholas picked up all four laptops just in time for his three mates' flight back to the States on Sunday night.
One man was arrested and the total value of the stolen goods recovered came to €7,000, a good start to any young garda's career.