CRAUGHWELL GARDAI INVESTIGATE 200 THOUSAND EURO MACHINERY THEFT

Date Published: 30-Oct-2008

Gardaí in Craughwell are appealling for witnesses to the theft of almost 200 thousand euro worth of machinery over the bank holiday.A tractor, digger and other heavy plant machinery were taken from a house in the Killeeneen Mór / Ballygarriff area on Monday night. [27/10]The culprits stole a Large Green John Deere tractor with a McAuley dumper trailer attached.They also took an orange Fiat Hitachi 215 track machine aswell as other machinery, worth almost 200 thousand euro in value.Gardaí believe a large vehicle and trailer, such as a low loader would have been needed to remove the machinery.They're appealling for anyone who may have seen these vehicles in the Craughwell area on Monday night or Tuesday morning to contact them at 091 84 60 02