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Gardai investigating alleged abduction of two people followed by a raid on a post office in Oldcastle.
Gardai investigating alleged abduction of two people followed by a raid on a post office in Oldcastle.

Gardaí in Meath and Cavan are investigating the alleged abduction of two people and a raid on a post office.

A Garda spokesman said the two people had been allegedly abducted from a property in Cavan and a sum of money had then been taken from a post office in Oldcastle, Co Meath.

Both people are now safe and uninjured.

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