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Gardaí have appealed for public assistance into the investigation of a post office robbery in Cavan last Thursday.

A postmistress and her husband were held captive in their home in Virginia, Co Cavan by an armed gang before the robbery.

The woman and her husband were only released after she brought around €20,000 in cash from the post office in Oldcastle, Co Meath to a pre-arranged location outside Navan.

Gardaí say today they are particularly looking for any reports of suspicious activity around the Dean Hill area, halfway between Kentstown and Navan in Co Meath between 9am and 10am yesterday morning.
They are also focusing their attention on the Rathbeale Road in Swords.

This is the location where the postmistress' husband was left once she had dropped off the cash.

Gardaí say the raiders drove a van into the field, where it got stuck, forcing another vehicle to arrive to collect the raiders.

An appeal has been made to the public to contact them if they were driving by and witnessed this happening yesterday morning.

Gardaí say they have received great help from members of the public so far and are appealing for anyone who has information but has not yet been in touch to do so.

The investigation is being coordinated from the incident room at Kells Garda Station (046-9280820).

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If you have seen anything or know anything about this crime please contact the Gardai in Meath or Cavan

Gardaí in Meath and Cavan are investigating the alleged abduction of two people and a raid on a post office.

A Garda spokesman said the two people had been allegedly abducted from a property in Cavan and a sum of money had then been taken from a post office in Oldcastle, Co Meath.

Both people are now safe and uninjured.

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Gardaí from Navan, backed up by members of the divisional drugs unit, raided a rural house near Lobinstown this afternoon and discovered cannabis plants at various stages of maturity.

It is estimated the drugs are worth around €300,000.

The two men, both from Eastern Europe, are being questioned in Kells Garda Station about the find.

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New figures show break-ins throughout Meath increase by 40% in a year

Superintendent Micheal Devine.

A garda chief has said that only a return to basic "neighbourly values" among householders and businesspeople, combined with garda action, can beat the growing plague of burglaries in Meath - which have surged 40 per cent between 2010 and 2011, according to latest statistics.

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The number of burglaries (not aggravated) in Meath rose substantially quarter by quarter last year, reaching a total of 1,176 in the county last year. The number of similar burglaries in 2010 was 831.

In the first quarter of last year, there were 265 burglaries (not aggravated) compared to 191 in 2010; in the second quarter of last year there were 240 (235 in 2010). The third quarter of last year saw 288 such burglaries, up from 179 in 2010, and in the final quarter of 2011, there were 383 such offences compared to 226 in 2010.

The rate of increase in this type of offence stands at eight per cent nationally. However, there were heavier increases in some garda divisions, while Meath recorded a 40 per cent rise in this type of offence.

Superintendent Michael Devine of Navan Garda Station said that while some people put the rate of increase in non-aggravated burglary down to the effects of the recession, there was also the factor of Meath's proximity to Dublin. He said the county was vulnerable to forays from Dublin down the M3 and M4 motorways, and even the M1. These were routes which could give criminals easy access to and from Meath, he said.