A teenage girl is among three people being detained by gardaí investigating organised crime in the Midlands.

Two women and a man were arrested today in Co Offaly as part of a garda operation to combat organised crime in the midlands.

Gardaí are today asking for the public's help in finding a missing teenager.

THE Garda cold-case unit brought its first prosecution yesterday when a man was charged in connection with a murder almost five years ago.