Man arrested in stolen vehicle after car chase

A 30 year old man was arrested in Navan this morning following a garda chase involving a stolen car.

Keys were taken from a house in Julianstown which was entered in the early hours of this morning and a Landrover Discovery was driven off.

The vehicle was intercepted by gardai who pursued the stolen vehicle as far as Navan where a 30 year old man was arrested in the Springfield area. He is currently in custody in Navan Garda Station.

Meanwhile two men were disturbed while attempting to steal a jeep which was parked in a field off the N2 just outside Ashbourne on Friday morning at 9.38 am. They made their getaway in a navy Sante Fe SUV.

Gardai have warned motorists not to leave their cars running outside their homes to defrost following the theft of a vehicle from outside a house in Johnstown last week at 7.30am.The owner had left the engine running for a very short period while unattended and somebody hopped into the car and drove off. It was later found abandoned in Old Johnstown.