Gardaí making sure people comply with Covid-19 travel restrictions have seized cars and drugs and sent a number of people home after intercepting them at checkpoints. This is all part of Operation Fanacht, launched on Wednesday to ensure public compliance with the travel restrictions introduced recently as part of Covid-19 public health guidelines. The operation will run until Monday night, and will involve thousands of checkpoints every day. Among the seizures so far has been the €6,300 of suspected cocaine seized at a checkpoint in Bantry, Co Cork, yesterday. Between Wednesday and Thursday evening, a total of 11 vehicles were seized by gardaí monitoring at checkpoints in Co Limerick.

Source: Irish Examiner April 11, 2020 03:00 UTC