Four arrested in criminal gang probe involving Roscommon search
The Garda search operation this morning was targetting an organised crime group.
Four men are currently being detained in stations in the Garda North Western Region as part of a criminal gang probe involving searches in four counties including Roscommon.
As part of ongoing investigations into targeting the activities of an organised criminal group in County Galway and neighbouring Divisions, Gardaí carried out a search operation in Counties Galway, Roscommon, Westmeath and Offaly this morning, February 12th.
Searches were carried out at six residential properties in Ballinasloe, Co Galway; Taughmaconnell and Athlone, Co Roscommon; Athlone, Co Westmeath, as well as Banagher and Cloghan, Co Offaly.
Two vehicles were seized, along with phones and weapons including a machete, knives, cattle prod and a taser.
The men, three aged in their 20s and one in his 30s, were arrested under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984, and are being detained at stations in the Garda North Western Region.
The organised crime group is believed to be involved in serious criminality including possession and discharge of firearms, drug dealing, drug intimidation, burglaries and serious assaults in East Galway and neighbouring Divisions.
The operation involved Gardaí from Galway, Westmeath and Offaly Divisions, supported by the Armed Support Unit from the North Western and Eastern Regions.
Investigations are ongoing.
