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As part of the investigation, Gardaí carried out a surveillance operation on 25 January at a church in Carrigtwohill.
As Gardaí attempted to arrest the man, he fled the scene in a car and travelled on the N25.
Gardaí pursued the car and he eventually stopped the car near the Jack Lynch Tunnel, where Gardaí searched him and the vehicle, finding a wire hook in his possession.
The man was arrested and brought to Cobh Garda Station, where he was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
He has since been charged and is due to appear before Mallow District Court on Tuesday morning (26 January) at 10.30am.
Man (55) charged over theft of cash from church collection boxes Chilimbar Vasile (55) from Wilton in Cork used wire hook to take out envelopes containing money
Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 14:20
A man has been remanded on bail after he was charged with stealing cash from locked collection boxes in churches by fishing out envelopes with a wire hook. Image: iStock.
A man has been remanded on bail after he was charged with stealing cash from locked collection boxes in churches by fishing out envelopes with a wire hook.
Chilimbar Vasile (55), a Romanian national, was charged with five thefts from churches in Co Cork and Co Waterford when he was brought before Mallow District Court on Tuesday.