{"id":258686,"date":"2025-07-12T10:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258686\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T10:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T10:30:12","slug":"four-arrested-following-series-of-burglaries-in-south-armagh-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258686\/","title":{"rendered":"Four arrested following series of burglaries in south Armagh \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Four people have been arrested following a series of burglaries and thefts in south Armagh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The incidents are reported to have taken place in the Crossmaglen area during the early hours of Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two 20-year-old men and an 18-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft of a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A fourth man, aged 19, has been arrested on suspicion of burglary, obstructing police, handling stolen goods, interfering with vehicles, and theft of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/loyalist-bonfire-on-site-with-asbestos-lit-despite-warnings-as-firefighter-attacked-in-lisburn-FQWCCCSAARBGDGXOL7IBJM4HVA\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Firefighter attacked at bonfire site as service describes &#x2018;challenging night&#x2019;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NDIU27NE35GLVMHOWQSBM2A66I.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/concerns-over-one-of-the-norths-costliest-bonfires-located-yards-from-a-road-36D5733XRNBAHHYYX746WM3O7U\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Concerns over one of the north&#x2019;s costliest bonfires located yards from a road \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WPFROZ232VATDF66JU5QQ3XR54.JPG\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The suspects remain in custody at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sinn F\u00e9in MLA for Newry and Armagh, Aoife Finnegan, described the incidents as \u201cextremely distressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local Sinn F\u00e9in councillor for Slieve Gullion, Martin Hearty, urged homeowners and residents to \u201cbe extra careful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWith the warm weather, people tend to leave their windows open, and this gives further opportunities for these gangs of thieves who target different areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He added: \u201cI would urge everyone to be vigilant and alert to suspicious activity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four people have been arrested following a series of burglaries and thefts in south Armagh. The incidents are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[99199,1144,1618,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-258686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-armagh","9":"tag-northern-ireland","10":"tag-psni","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114839802656031521","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}