Three arrested in Bandon in connection with Macroom theft

Bandon Gardai are hunting for one man after he and three others abandoned the car they were travelling in and fled from officers in the Kilbrogan Hill area of the town 

Gardai managed to arrest three of the men around midday at a checkpoint but the search is on for one man who remains at large.

The checkpoint was mounted after a number of males entered a shop in Macroom and stole property. They fled the scene in a red Ford Focus.

The men, all in their 20s are being questioned at Bandon garda station in connection with the robbery of phones from a shop in Middle Square Macroom.

It's understood the men in custody are all from the Cork city area.

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