Three Dublin teens arrested for stealing from parked cars

Gardaí from DMR East Crime have arrested individuals as part of ongoing investigations targeting the activities of a criminal group involved in opportunistic thefts from parked cars, burglary and related crimes.

In the early hours of Thursday, 6th March 2025, in the course of an operation Gardaí intercepted a car in the Ballinteer area of Dublin.

The occupants of the car, three males, all in their mid-teens, were arrested.

A number of stolen car keys, wallets and bank cards were recovered from the vehicle, along with balaclavas, iron bars, torches and snoods. The car had been reported stolen following a burglary in the Greystones area in recent days.

All three are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1994, at a Garda Station in South East Dublin.