Dublin gang used rural Airbnb as base to carry out burglaries in Roscommon

Members of a Dublin based burglary gang used an Airbnb rental as a base for a spate of robberies in County Roscommon, according to a report in the Irish Independent.

The paper reports that the gang rented a property near Knock earlier this month to carry out the burglaries in three counties Roscommon, Galway and Mayo. Up to 20 homes were robbed in under five days.

The host of the property was unaware that the gang were staying at the house.

According to the report by journalist Ken Foy investigations revealed that up to eight gang members stayed in the property for less than a week and that they used it as a base to target unoccupied houses in the three counties.

The paper quotes a source as saying: “They are suspected of carrying out around 20 break-ins at night time in houses which were not occupied at the time.” Cash and jewellery were their main targets in these burglaries and the gang got away with a combined value of many thousands of euro.

It is understood the highly organised gang used three different cars during their crime spree.

The reports goes on to say that Gardaí have established that they wore camouflage clothing and wellington boots and even walked through wet fields before breaking into houses that were mostly in isolated rural areas.

Gardaí located the Airbnb being used, but the gang never returned to the property and no arrests have yet been made in the major investigation.