Three men remanded after €15,000 luxury watch stolen from locked car (Updated)

Three men were remanded for four days on Saturday on suspicion of stealing a €15,000 Rolex watch from a locked car.

The theft was reported to the police by a 31-year-old man on Friday afternoon. According to his complaint, the luxury watch was stolen from his car that was parked in the parking space of an apartment complex earlier that day.

Police examined CCTV material and identified the culprits were two young men.

Later that day, officers arrested two men, aged 21 and 22.

During investigations, evidence emerged against a third suspect, aged 27, who was also arrested on Saturday morning.

A Rolex watch was found during a search at the residence of the third suspect, police said. It is yet to be determined whether the discovered item was the one that was reported stolen.

Officers also found a small quantity of cannabis and a scale at the 27-year-old’s house.