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A MAN HAS been arrested and approximately €300,000 of stolen property has been recovered following a number of Garda searches carried out this week.
The searches were conducted as part of a Garda investigation into the activities of an organised crime group suspected of committing thefts nationwide.
During the course of a search in the north Longford area on Tuesday, gardaí recovered items which were suspected to have been stolen including one vehicle, outboard engines, high-tech marine products, and vehicle parts.
A man, aged in his 40s, was arrested, taken to Longford Garda Station and detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.
Five follow-up searches were later conducted in north Longford, Westmeath and Dublin where three vehicles suspected to have been stolen were recovered along with vehicle parts from various high-end vehicles.
High-tech equipment for dismantling cars, suspected cannabis growhouse equipment and substantial evidence of organised crime group activity were also recovered.
As a result of these Garda investigations, a number of bank accounts have also been frozen.
The property recovered to date as part of this ongoing investigation is estimated to be valued at approximately €300,000.
The man arrested as part of this investigation is still being detained at Longford Garda Station.
Investigations are ongoing.
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The sentences (if any) given out to these people are way too short. As someone who recently was burgled and had a lot of items stolen, the amount of stress and hassle caused is enormous. Why do judges give such short sentences, and they don’t even serve the full sentence. I’m quite happy to keep these individuals in jail longer. The cost of stress is immeasurable and everyone would benefit with lower insurance premiums. But of course you’ll get these civil liberties ones crying foul.
@Tommy Bohan: the government need to follow through with the prison expansion at Thornton Hall where over 20million was spend to purchase the site.. prisons are relvoling doors at the moment.
@Tommy Bohan: Completely agree. How often will we see these guys commit offences while out on bail or find that they have multiple previous convictions. But as the next post points out our prison service is stretched and our Gardai are over stretched and disillusioned.
@Tommy Bohan: And Free Legal Aid qs well
@Brian Dineen:
Shush, who walked away with all that Money. Ask that famous Socialist Teacher, Senator, O’Toole, how his Brother inlaw is getting on?
20 years for the tramp..
Anyone who buys second hand tools off someone where it’s obvious they are stolen is as culpable as steeling them themselves. This is peoples livelihood. If the demand is not there then there is no market for them.
COYBIB!
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