Gardaí smash hi-tech counterfeit operation

GARDAÍ are to send a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions in relation to a sophisticated counterfeit operation.

A 49-year-old man was arrested by detectives in Dundalk, Co Louth, after they uncovered a massive, and highly-lucrative, forgery business.

The hi-tech operation involved manufacturing a range of forged documents, including driving licences, insurances certificates, tax discs and bank drafts.