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Wed 01 Jan 2007Garda plan seeks to deter armed gangs A major Garda security plan involving specialist armed units and the force's helicopters is to be put in place across Dublin in a bid to deter armed gangs from staging more hostage robberies.The development comes as Minister for Justice Michael McDowell said a voluntary code of security procedures for the cash in transit sector was not working.