Monday, September 11, 2006
Driver is quizzed in credit card bust
A SECURITY van driver who delivered internal mail for some of Ireland's leading banks has been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of credit cards.
The man was arrested while driving a van for a sub-contractor.
Tralee-based Kelly Transport has a contract with DX Ireland to deliver internal mail from the individual banks' headquarters in Dublin to local branches.
A source claimed the man was arrested on the Limerick road on his way from Kerry to Dublin two weeks ago.
He said: "The drivers carry all the cheques and credit cards around in pouches - and deliver them to local banks at night.
"They put them into a secure letter drop box.
"Any new credit cards or Laser cards are sent to the local branches of banks .
"Then the customers either come and collect them or they are posted out in the local mail."
Dublin-based company DX Ireland sub-contract some of the internal bank mail delivery work to Kelly Transport which covers counties Kerry, Cork, Waterford and Limerick.
The DX Ireland contract is with Bank of Ireland, National Irish Bank, AIB, Ulster Bank and First Active.
A DX Ireland spokesman confirmed a driver is being investigated by detectives after a shopkeeper alleged someone was using a credit card suspiciously.
A company spokesman said: "DX Ireland can confirm an employee of a subcontractor was arrested and charged with possession of stolen property.
"DX Ireland is taking this incident very seriously and apologises for any inconve-nience caused to the affected customers.
"The collection and delivery of mail is undertaken by a network of local courier companies, most of which have been working for DX for many years."
The spokesman said the driver is no longer an employee of Kelly Transport.
"DX Ireland delivers over 40,000 items of business mail a day - and is committed to achieving high standards of service and the performance of couriers is constantly monitored.
"The individual in question is being prosecuted - it is not appropriate for the company to comment further."
A spokesman for Kelly Transport, based in Tralee, Co. Kerry, refused to comment on the arrest.
He said: "I have been told not to make any comment by my lawyer either way while criminal proceedings are under way."
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