Two Mayo service station break-ins in space of two weeks

Gardai in Mayo are continuing their investigations into a burglary that occurred at Cosgrave's Service Station at Westport Road, Castlebar, in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

It was the second break-in at a service station in the county in the space of two weeks, the other one having taking place in Kilkelly earlier this month.

The main fibre optic cables between Castlebar and Westport were cut prior to last weekend's incident in Castlebar.

Investigating officers are anxious to hear from anyone who may have witnessed tampering with a cable box on the N5, located between Ballynaboll and Ballymacrath, to contact Gardaí in Castelbar on 094 903 8200 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111.

The burglary happened sometime between 2:30 and 5:30 a.m.

An undisclosed amount of cash and other items were taken in the break-in while considerable damage was caused to the property.