Organised crime crackdown leads to 6,000 arrests and firearms haul

MORE than 6,000 people have been arrested and 640 firearms confiscated as part of a major crackdown on organised crime.

Over the past 22 months, more than 30,000 searches have been carried out and over €17 million worth of property recovered.

The figures for Operation Anvil were released with just over a month to go before the second anniversary of the special anti-gangland initiative.