Man tried to fish money out of chapel charity donation box

Gardaí in Buncrana are investigating a theft from a donations box at St. Mary’s Church at Cockhill in Buncrana. On Friday, June 16 shortly after 2.40pm, two men entered the Chapel and took a seat in the back pew.

One of the men then got up and removed an item from a satchel bag that he was wearing and he used this item to try and fish money out of a charity donations box that is built into the wall. It is unknown if money was taken from the box or not. The two men then left on foot.

The man with the satchel bag wore it with the strap across his body, he had dark short hair and was wearing a light blue shirt, blue jeans and white trainers. He was of a slim build. The second man was of a slightly broader build, he wore a white shirt, blue jeans with rips in them, navy shoes with white soles and he had short brown hair. He had a short beard. They were both aged in their late 40’s to early 50’s approximately. 

Gardaí are appealing to anybody who may have seen these two men in the area of the Cockhill road or at any location in the town to make contact with them as they are working on establishing their direction of travel and to obtain details of any mode of transport they may have had. 

If anybody can assist with this appeal in any way with information or with dash cam footage we ask them to contact Gardaí in Buncrana on 074 93 20540.