{"id":363477,"date":"2026-03-25T00:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/363477\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T00:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:58:16","slug":"breaking-gardai-make-25-arrests-during-day-of-action-in-limerick-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/363477\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Gardai make 25 arrests during \u2018Day of Action\u2019 in Limerick town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWENTY five individuals have been arrested during a multi-agency \u201cDay of Action\u201d conducted by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na from the Limerick Division.<\/p>\n<p>Over 40 gardai, backed up by personnel from a number of State agencies, descended on Newcastle West shortly after 7am in the\u00a0multi-agency planned operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A garda spokesperson said a total of 25 people were arrested for outstanding bench warrants during the course of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have since appeared before Newcastle West District Court this Tuesday,\u201d said the garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Four residential properties were searched under Misuse of Drugs legislation which resulted in a small quantity of drugs being seized, they said.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2046361\/limerick-man-left-suitcase-containing-just-under-600-000-worth-of-drugs-on-airport-baggage-carousel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick man left suitcase containing just under \u20ac600,000 worth of drugs on airport baggage carousel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing a number of multi-agency checkpoints, one vehicle was seized for various offences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGarda\u00ed also conducted enquiries into persons who are believed to be in possession of controlled dog breeds, and routine inspections were carried out on licensed firearm holders,\u201d said the garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Over 40 members of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na took part in the Day of Action which comprised the Limerick County Community Engagement Functional Area, the Limerick Crime Functional Area (inclusive of Immigration Officers) and was further supported by Limerick Divisional Roads Policing Unit, Regional Armed Support Unit and the Divisional Crime Prevention Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Personnel from Revenue and Customs, the Department of Social Protection, National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Road Safety Authority, National Transport Authority and Limerick City and County Council (Dog Warden) supported garda\u00ed during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TWENTY five individuals have been arrested during a multi-agency \u201cDay of Action\u201d conducted by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,2177,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-363477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-county-limerick","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}