Eleven people have been arrested by gardaí investigating a string of crimes including burglaries and weapons offences. Over the last two days, gardaí have carried out activities under Operation Thor in the Wicklow area. As a result of these days of action, there have been several arrests for a range of offences including burglary, theft, handling stolen property, firearms and offensive weapons, and failure to appear to answer bail. In addition, since yesterday morning gardaí have conducted checkpoints around the Wicklow area and carried out searches in Wicklow, Wexford, Dublin and Cavan. - Digital Desk

Source: Evening echo February 16, 2018 15:33 UTC