Theft incident at Kildare sports shop prompts garda probe

A theft incident which occurred at a County Kildare sports shop has led to a garda investigation.

Details of the crime were read out by a garda who appeared as a guest on a KFM programme on Wednesday, August 12 last.

Garda Marc Connolly said that the crime took place in Maynooth on the evening of Wednesday, August 5 last.

He explained that five women entered the Sports Direct outlet located in Carton Retail Park and proceeded to remove security tags from a number of items of clothing before leaving the shop.

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Gda Connolly also provided a description of the five suspects:

• The first was wearing a white top with black leggings, a black jacket and had blonde hair

• The second was wearing a white jumper, black leggings and had ginger hair

• The third was wearing a grey hoodie with orange shorts

• The fourth was wearing a black and blue hoodie, black leggings and a pair of sunglasses; she also had black hair with blonde highlights
• The fifth and final suspect was wearing a blue jumper with blue leggings

Furthermore, Gda Connolly revealed that the women were observed entering into a silver Ford Focus Estate with a partial ‘12-D’ registration plate before leaving the area.

He concluded by urging anyone with information relating to this crime to contact Leixlip Garda Station on 01 666 7800.

When asked by the Leinster Leader about this incident, a garda spokesperson responded: “Gardaí are investigating an alleged theft from a retail premises in Maynooth County Kildare on Tuesday, August 5 last that occurred shortly before 6pm.”

The spokesperson added that the investigation into this incident is ongoing.