Privacy patrol: Gardaí investigate claim mechanic may have bugged official cars

GARDAÍ yesterday confirmed they are investigating claims that official Garda cars may have been bugged by a civilian mechanic.

The Garda Press Office made the statement yesterday following separate reports in two Sunday newspapers.

According to the reports, a man was stopped by the Garda National Drugs Unit at Dublin Port disembarking from a ferry from Britain and found to be carrying bugging equipment.