Three people have been arrested by Gardaí from Mooncoin and Thomastown as part of ongoing operations targeting criminal groups involved in burglary and related crime in the south Kilkenny area. The three were arrested following a burglary in Mooncoin in the early hours of this morning.
At approximately 140am Gardaí units from Mooncoin and Thomastown responded to an intruder alarm activation at a supermarket on Main St, Mooncoin. A female (20s) and two males (30s and late teens) were arrested near the scene a short time later.
All three are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 for questioning at Thomastown and Kilkenny Garda Stations.
Property taken during the burglary, including a sum of cash has been recovered and car involved in the incident has been seized by investigating Gardaí.
The investigation is ongoing and updates will follow.
