Illegal animal medicines racket smashed in raids

A MAJOR racket in illegal animal medicines has been smashed after 100 gardaí swooped on premises in seven counties either side of the Border in a joint raid with the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Gardaí discovered what they described as a significant quantity of illegal remedies in Waterford and Monaghan in the searches carried out over the weekend.

Samples from the seized medicines will now be subject to scientific laboratory tests to establish their precise contents.