Houses raided in rogue traders probe

UP to six houses in the Killarney area were searched yesterday by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and Kerry gardaí as part of an investigation into the activities of rogue traders.

Some documents relating to business activities were seized and, in one case, a farmhouse and outbuildings were searched.

No arrests were made during the swoops, which follow several allegations of people being conned by tradesmen carrying out work on their homes in the Cork, Kerry and Limerick areas.