An Operation Thor Day of Action was carried out in the West Cork Garda Division, yesterday the 24th of September.
Gardaí arrested a total of seventeen people in relation to a number of incidents such as suspected importation of Child Pornography Material, burglary, theft, robbery and threats to kill.
Of the seventeen arrests, eleven have been charged and files have been prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions for the remaining six.
A male was arrested and detained at Branty Garda Station in relation to the importation of Child Pornography Material. He has since been released without charge and a file has been prepared for the Department of Public Prosecutions.
As part of the day of action, multi-agency checkpoints were carried out on the N22, Currahally Farran. During the checkpoints a number of offences were detected. Four vehicles were discovered to have major defects.
Community policing units provided Crime Prevention packs to distribute to Meals on Wheels members in the division. A crime preventions stand was erected in the Bandon district where information and flyers were distributed to members of the public.
Note: Photos from the checkpoint are available on the Southern Region Facebook Page
