Last night a woman and her teenage son who were victims of a robbery-related kidnapping in Northern Ireland were located   by Gardaí at an isolated shed at Augnadamp, Mullyash in Castleblaney last night.

An armed gang forced their way into the house of security worker on Wednesday and took his wife and son hostage.

The man was made to drive to work and hand over 200-thousand pounds in cash.

The kidnapping is thought to be linked to a raid on a cash transit van in Belfast.

The pair were freed after being abducted and moved between a number of locations, until locked in the  isolated shed near the Border

A security cordon was thrown around the Mullyash area as a huge joint Garda and PSNI operation got under way.

The fire service was called to the area after a vehicle was found on fire near the house where the couple were found by a local residen

Last night a woman and her teenage son who were victims of a Tiger  kidnapping in Northern Ireland were located   by Gardaí at an isolated shed at Augnadamp, Mullyash in Castleblaney last night.

An armed gang forced their way into the house of security worker on Wednesday and took his wife and son hostage.

The man was made to drive to work and hand over 200-thousand pounds in cash.

The kidnapping is thought to be linked to a raid on a cash transit van in Belfast.

The pair were freed after being abducted and moved between a number of locations, until locked in the  isolated shed near the Border

A security cordon was thrown around the Mullyash area as a huge joint Garda and PSNI operation got under way.

The fire service was called to the area after a vehicle was found on fire near the house where the couple were found by a local resident