Gardaí make appeal following car hijacking in Louth

Gardaí in Louth are appealing for information relating to the hijacking of a taxi in Dundalk on the night of Monday 26 May.

At around 10:40pm, a taxi driver was assisting a passenger into his car at Roden Place. When he got back into the driver’s seat, the door was opened by a masked man brandishing what he believed to be a firearm, who ordered him out of the car.

The suspect made off in the taxi and stopped half a kilometre away, pulling the passenger out of the car and throwing him to the side of the road. No injuries were sustained. The suspect is described as being of average height, heavy set and he was wearing a black money hat.

Gardaí are appealing to anyone who was in Dundalk town, Roden Place, Francis Street or Jocelyn Street areas between 10:00pm and 10;50pm and who may have witnessed this incident or with information on the whereabouts of a silver Skoda Superb taxi with a 131-KE registration plate, to come forward.

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Additionally, they are appealing for those with camera footage, including dash cam footage, from the location at the time to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 9388400, the Garda Confidential line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.

Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.