BREAKING: Gardai to appear in court charged with corruption offences
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FOUR gardai are due to appear before Limerick District Court next month after they were charged with corruption offences following a lengthy investigation.
The four, some of whom are attached to the Limerick garda division, were arrested and charged this Thursday. A fifth person - a private citizen - has also been charged with perverting the course of justice. As part of an investigation led by the Assistant Commissioner, Organised and Serious Crime into alleged corruption in public office, four members of An Garda Síochána based in the south of the country and a private citizen were arrested and charged today with offences relating to perverting the course of justice. This follows directions being received from the Director of Public Prosecutions, read a statement issued by the Garda Press Office.
BREAKING: Three due in court following drugs and cash seizures in Limerick
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THREE men who were arrested following a number of significant drugs seizure in Limerick city have been charged by investigating gardai.
During an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs, gardaí from the divisional Drugs Unit stopped two cars, one in Corbally and the second in Thomandgate, at around 6.30pm on Monday.
Both cars were searched resulting the seizure of suspected cannabis her with an estimated value of €40,000.
The two drivers, men aged in their 40s and 50s, were the arrested and brought to Henry Street and Roxboro Road garda stations for questioning.
A JUDGE told a female motorist caught driving without insurance twice in three months that she is facing a prison sentence. Patricia Collins, aged 45, of Killur.
BREAKING: Two due before Limerick court following drugs seizure in woodlands
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TWO men have been charged in relation to a significant drugs seizure made during searches involving gardai from Limerick.
The drugs were seized on Friday as part of ongoing investigations into the activities of criminal groups involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs and related criminal activity in Mid-West region. In the course of the operation suspected cannabis with a street value of €50,000 was seized by gardaí during the search of a wooded area near Clarecastle, said a garda spokesperson.
In follow-up searches at a number of locations in the Ennis area, approximately €2,000 worth of suspected cocaine and drug dealing paraphernalia were seized.
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