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Update – People Smuggling / Human Trafficking Investigation Rosslare, County Wexford - 8th January 2024

Issue Date: 17th January 2024

A man in his 30s has been arrested by Gardaí in connection with the discovery of 14 individuals concealed in a shipping container at Rosslare Europort on Monday, 8th January 2024.

He was arrested this afternoon, Wednesday, 17th January, at Rosslare for an alleged offence under the Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Act, 2021, and is currently detained at a Garda Station in the southeast of the country under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

The investigation is ongoing.