Gardaí and PSNI to work with customs in clampdown on crime

GARDAÍ and police in the North have vowed to work with customs on either side of the Border in a concerted clampdown on smuggling and organised crime, Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy has said.

Joint operations, similar to the one seen in Crossmaglen in Co Armagh on Thursday, will continue and criminals should beware that they will be tracked either side of the border, he said.

“We are honing in on organised crime and this is part of further operations that will follow in the future. The investigators are looking at all the documents they have seized and hopefully, in due course, people will be appearing before the courts. We want to see this happen and see these people learn a lesson in relation to criminal law,” he said.