Gardaí smash gang of ex-military Albanian burglars

A HIGHLY professional Albanian gang behind 50 successful burglaries across eight counties over an 18-month period has been smashed by gardaí.

10 gang members — from Albania or Kosovo — were arrested in a garda swoop and detained under powerful legislation allowing up to seven days’ detention.

The gang, containing former soldiers, was never caught or disturbed in any of the burglaries and gardaí said they dropped any target if they ever got “spooked”.