The Irish Mail on Sunday

How the gangs raided beyond border regions

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MOIRA, CO. DOWN February 2, 2019 THIEVES targeted an ATM near Moira. A digger was used to remove it from a service station on Glenavy Road. The digger was stolen from a nearby building site and was later set alight. OMAGH, CO. TYRONE February 15, 2019 ATM robbery, digger used. KINGSCOURT, CO. CAVAN March 10, 2019 DIGGER used to rip an ATM from the wall of Bank of Ireland on Main St. AHOGHILL, CO. ANTRIM April 1, 2019 ATM ripped from the wall using a digger from a nearby site. CRAIGAVON, CO. ARMAGH April 19, 2019 FAILED ATM robbery. CRUMLIN, CO. ANTRIM April 19, 2019 TWO ATMs were removed from the wall of a shop on Crumlin’s Main Street at about 2.30am. NUTTS CORNER, CO. ANTRIM April 30, 2019 ATM Robbery VIRGINA, CO. CAVAN August 14, 2019 ATTEMPTED ATM raid, gardaí intervened while a digger was being used to rip an ATM from a wall and recovered €300,000. Three men believed to part of a cross-border gang were subsequent­ly arrested. DUNLEER, CO. LOUTH November 16, 2019 ATTEMPTED ATM robbery on Main St at 3.30am. An undisclose­d amount of cash was taken during the incident in which a stolen digger was used. Gardaí believe a cross-border gang may have been responsibl­e. FINTONA, CO. TYRONE December 22, 2018 ATM ripped from the wall and digger used set alight. DUNGANNON, CO. TYRONE March 10, 2019 A CASH machine at Cabragh filling station on Ballygawle­y Road near Dungannon was ripped out and thieves escaped with the ATM. The digger used in the robbery was later set alight. BALLYNAHIN­CH, CO. DOWN November 18, 2019 THE canopy of a petrol station was torn down as thieves used a digger to try to rip an ATM out of Carlisle’s filling station on the Belfast Road. It came after a weekend in which another ATM was stolen from a health centre south of Belfast and from Belfast City Hospital.

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