An appeal for information has been launched after a new Toyota Land Cruiser was stolen from a farmyard in Co. Cork over the weekend. Taken from a farmyard near Killeagh, in east Cork, the 4×4 is a long wheelbase Land Cruiser with a bull bar on the front and a registration bearing: 182-C-670. The jeep was stolen at approximately 11:15am on Saturday morning, August 18.

The stolen vehicle was recorded going through a toll on the M1 motorway in Drogheda, Co. Louth, on Saturday according to its owners. The jeep was also recorded on a camera in Northern Ireland at around 6.30pm on Saturday evening. Anyone with information is asked to contact Youghal Garda station, Co. Cork, on: 024-92200; or Crimestoppers Freefone on: 1800-250-025.

2 Land Cruisers stolen in 2 days

This is the second black Land Cruiser to be stolen in the space of two days. The previous vehicle was stolen from a farm contractor’s yard in Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary last Thursday, August 16. The 4×4, which also has a bull bar on the front, was stolen at some point between 1:00pm and 2:00pm Thursday afternoon. Gardai in Mullinahone are investigating the unauthorised taking of the vehicle in the Mullinoly area of Tipperary, a spokesperson for An Garda Siochana confirmed.

Anyone with information can contact Mullinahone Garda station on: 052-913-3160; or Crimestoppers Freefone on: 1800-250-025.