RTÉ's true crime series 'The Case I Can't Forget' returns for another season, and this week it will feature local towns from the Northern Sound region. Episode one will visit the ATM Heists of 2018 and 2019, when the local region watched on as a criminal gang used stolen diggers to rip cash-filled ATMs from towns across Monaghan and Cavan.
Monaghan retired superintendent, Fergus Treanor will also feature on the programme which airs tomorrow night at 9.35pm on RTÉ One. Speaking on today's Joe Finnegan Show as one of the lead investigators on this case, Mr Treanor said that "major planning" was put into an operation of this scale. He added that the destruction caused by these crimes left a "major dent" in the financial well-being of towns such as Ballybay and Castleblayney.
According to Mr Treanor, this episode also features never-before-seen CCTV footage of the crimes in action, and interviews with officers from the Garda Emergency Response Unit and local Intelligence Units, this episode will also reveal the gripping details of the covert operation to retrieve the stolen cash and smash the criminal ring. He continued; "The reality is that for us we had to go through the stages of gathering evidence with this investigation but it was quite obvious that these people had to be caught red-handed. Having discussed that matter with Chief Superintendent John O'Reilly who was the Divisional Officer, we made the play to have the national units involved to bring these people to the opportunity that we might catch them red-handed at an actual crime."
