{"id":65606,"date":"2025-10-07T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/65606\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:32:08","slug":"breaking-gardai-raid-second-limerick-halting-site-in-a-week-in-planned-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/65606\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Gardai raid second Limerick halting site in a week in planned operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GARDAI in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> have raided a second halting site in the space of a week in a planned operation.<\/p>\n<p>Last Tuesday, garda\u00ed from the Limerick Crime Unit, supported by multiple agencies and specialist units, conducted a planned operation in the Childers Road area of the city.\u00a0It was part of &#8220;ongoing investigations into the activities of an organised criminal group operating in Limerick&#8221;, said a garda spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/breaking-news\/1907882\/explosive-device-cocaine-and-thousands-of-euro-seized-from-limerick-traveller-site.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Explosive device, cocaine and thousands of euro seized from Limerick halting site<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Tuesday morning, gardai targeted a halting site off the Dublin Road in Castletroy. A number of caravans had been moved into a field in recent months with their owners setting up home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A video, widely shared on social media, shows a cavalcade of garda vans, jeeps and cars &#8211; patrol and unmarked &#8211; entering the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following a media query, a spokesperson confirmed garda\u00ed in Limerick conducted an operation in Castletroy this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number of temporary dwellings were removed from private land, in accordance with the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as amended, following a criminal complaint,\u201d said the garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>They continued: \u201cNo arrests have been made at this time. No property has been seized at this time. The investigation is ongoing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Separately, an incident of criminal damage is understood to have taken place last August at the same location off the Dublin Road in Castletroy that was targeted this Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A video, which was shared on social media in August, shows a group of men armed with weapons breaking the windows of a caravan and damaging a van. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, August 23.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1878400\/shocking-footage-shows-gang-with-axes-and-slash-hooks-storming-limerick-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shocking footage shows gang with axes and slash hooks storming Limerick home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A garda spokesperson said at the time: \u201cDamage was caused to a caravan. The location is under examination by crime scene investigators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo injuries have been reported to garda\u00ed at this time. 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