THREE ARRESTS AFTER ORANMORE SEIZURE OF BUILDING AND FARMING MATERIALS

Date Published: 19-Apr-2012

Three men are still being questioned at Mill Street Garda Station this afternoon after a large quantity of building and farming materials were seized in the Oranmore area today.

Gardai arrested the men at around 9.20 this morning [Apr 19] in the Lydican area as they made their way towards Oranmore.

The three men, all aged in their early twenties, were travelling in a Red Peugeot Expert van with a builders trailer attached.

It was carrying valuable building materials such as a digger bucket and copper piping as well as farming materials including gating and other equipment.

Gardai have since identified some of the items seized which were taken from the Ballinrobe area.

Investigations into the remaining items are continuing and it’s understood they may have been taken from the Headford or Corrundulla areas.

The three men can be questioned for a period of ten hours.