Gardaí ‘solving fewer crimes’

THERE was a drop in the levels of serious crime last year, but figures released yesterday also showed that the percentage of crimes solved by gardaí dropped.

Sat, 30 Oct, 2004 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe and John Breslin

While most forms of less serious crime decreased, there was a large increase in quantities of drugs seized, speeding offences and explosive finds.

The Garda Annual Report 2003 found that:

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