A man is being questioned in connection with a car hijacking in Carlow yesterday.
It happened in broad daylight just after 1pm – 2 men approached a car on the Tullow road- one opened the drivers door and threatened him saying he had a gun.
The culprits took the car and left in the direction of Tullow but crashed the vehicle about 3 miles outside of Tullow and fled on foot through the fields.
Gardaí who had been alerted to the incident set up a cordon and with help from the public managed to locate one of the men.
He was arrested and taken for questioning at Carlow Garda station.