Update - Operation Day of Action in Drogheda on the 23/5/19.
At the conclusion of the Day of Action, in Drogheda today, Thursday 23rd May, 2019 a total of thirty four (34) searches were conducted and eighteen (18) persons arrested.
Thirty searches were conducted at houses in the district and four separate searches were carried out under warrants issued under The Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 as amended.
Sixteen (16) persons were arrested on foot of outstanding warrants and two on suspicion of the commission of criminal acts within the Drogheda district in recent weeks. The 23 year old man has since been charged and released on bail.
As part of the same day of action the Road Policing Unit seized a total of seven (7) vehicles under Section 41 of The Road Traffic Act, 1994 along with the issuing of thirty eight (38) on the spot penalty notices for various road traffic offences. One woman was arrested under the Public Order Act.
Garda Press Office
Thursday 23rd May 2019 Gardaí in Drogheda arrested sixteen (16) people and thirty two (32) searches were conducted as part of a Day of Action carried out under Operation Stratus investigating criminality within the Drogheda Garda District.
Thirty (30) searches were conducted at houses in the District and fourteen (14) people were arrested on foot of outstanding warrants within the Drogheda Garda District. All fourteen (14) persons arrested have been brought before both the District and Circuit Courts of foot of these warrants.
A further two (2) men (23 & 19 years) were arrested on suspicion of the commission of criminal acts within the Drogheda Garda District in recent weeks. The 19 year old man was charged and taken before Dundalk District Court whilst the second man (23 years) remains in custody detained under the provisions of Section 4 of The Criminal Justice Act, 1984 in Drogheda Garda Station.
Two separate searches were conducted under a warrants issued under The Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977 as amended.
Also, as part of this operation members of the Road Policing Unit attached to Drogheda Garda Station conducted an operation and resulted in the seizure of five (5) vehicles under Section 41 of The Road Traffic Act, 1994 along with the issuing of thirty five (35) on the spot penalty notices for various roads traffic offences.
This operation is ongoing and updates will follow.
