A garda has been arrested and suspended on suspicion of deception offences. It is understood the garda, who is based in the east of the country, is involved in ensuring public service vehicles are roadworthy. He was, it is alleged, charging “huge sums” to fix vehicles before they were authorised by the garda as roadworthy — and adding fictitious repairs. “Following a Garda investigation, a Garda member was arrested recently in relation to alleged deception offences. In response, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris pointed to the establishment of the ACU, while describing the report as useful and informative.

Source: Irish Independent May 02, 2021 01:33 UTC