Galway Bay fm newsroom – Gardaí are hunting a man wanted in connection with a car jacking in the East Galway village of Mountbellew.
The incident happened in the Square in Mountbellew around lunchtime yesterday when a man stole the SUV with two occupants in it.
The incident happened near the Bridge Bar around 12.30p.m when a man knocked a woman to the ground and bundled her into the Hyundai Santa Fe jeep she was travelling in with her brother.
The culprit drove the SUV with its two occupants in it, to a wooded area in Ballygar where he released them and then made off with the vehicle.
Both the woman and her brother, who are in their 50s, were uninjured but were left shaken.
Gardaí are now looking for the Hyundai Santa Fe jeep, registration 03 C 14249.
They have described the culprit as an Irish man in his early 50s, of stocky build, unshaven with dark hair.
At the time he was wearing a blue bomber-type jacket and it’s believed he had travelled from Ballinasloe in a taxi around noon.
Anyone who may have been in Mountbellew town from about noon yesterday and noticed anything suspicious or who may have seen the jeep is asked to contact gardaí at 09 09 67 92 92.
It follows a similiar incident in Dunmore last week when a car with an elderly woman inside was stolen.
However gardaí are not connecting the two incidents at the moment.
Separately, Mountbellew gardaí are also investigating a break-in at the Old Forge Museum at the Demense (Deh-mane) overnight.
Nothing was taken in the break-in but a black avensis car was seen in the area with a number of young people inside.
Mountbellew gardaí are again urging anyone with information to contact them at 09 09 67 92 92.
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