Driver was involved in 90 km high-speed chase with gardai

A MAN who took off at speed at a Covid checkpoint during lockdown over three years ago was later involved in a 90-kilometre high-speed chase with gardaí, reports Sonya McClean.

Alex Almajanu (23) was initially stopped by gardaí at a checkpoint in Co Clare on April 25, 2020 at 5.20pm. He told officers there that he was travelling from Dublin to check on a horse that was in foal in Limerick. Almajanu was a passenger in that vehicle and there were two additional passengers along with the driver in that car.