ERU chase leads to ramming incident
A Garda Emergency Response Unit’s specially adapted Audi jeep has been extensively damaged following a ramming incident which followed a chase in South Sligo after a theft in a Tubbercurry shop last Friday afternoon.
The drama began at around 3.30pm when a bag was snatched from a premises in the town. The ERU armed response unit for the region happened to be passing on patrol in the area at the time and followed a car in which two suspects had taken off in, when they came upon it at Ballinacarrow.
A chase ensued across back roads and eventually ended in Coolaney with the occupants of the car ramming the Audi jeep causing extensive damage. Two people were arrested subsequently after they had taken to the fields in a bid to escape.
A man and a woman with addresses in Mayo subsequently appeared at a special sitting of the District Court on Friday evening and were remanded in custody by Judge Kevin Kilrane to appear at Sligo District Court this Thursday.