Operation Anvil hits home

GARDAÍ have arrested 23 people for murder and seized property worth €5.7 million as a result of a nine-month operation to tackle gangland crime in Dublin.

Figures released on the success of Operation Anvil, which was launched in the capital last May, show that gardaí also recovered 359 firearms.

A total of 24,758 garda checkpoints were set up at strategic locations over the period, which resulted in 1,641 arrests.