Latvia police may help gardaí tackle immigrant crime

LATVIA may send police to Ireland to help sort out the high level of crime, including murders, gang warfare and drunk driving among Latvians living in the country.

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern told his Latvian counterpart, Artis Pabriks, yesterday that the behaviour of some of his fellow countrymen in Ireland was unacceptable.

There are up to 50,000 Latvians living in Ireland among the 165,000 workers from the EU’s new members at present.