13 arrested as officers swoop in dawn drug raids

THIRTEEN men were arrested yesterday in a major Garda operation aimed at a Dublin north inner city crime gang and its regional supply network.

More than 300 officers, including elite armed units and the riot squad, led dawn raids on 33 locations across the capital, Kildare, Cork city, Cavan and Wexford.

Those arrested included two people aged 41 and 23 held in the Bridewell, Dublin; a 20-year-old held in Whitehall, Dublin; a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old held in Togher, Cork; a 40-year-old man held in Mountjoy, a 48-year-old in Enniscorthy; a 42-year-old held in Gorey and a 21-year-old held in Pearse Street. All were detained under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act.