CAB officers raid houses in rhino horn crackdown

Five homes and an office were raided yesterday as part of a European-wide operation against a notorious Irish crime network.

The outfit, known as the Rathkeale Rovers, is suspected of being behind more than 60 documented thefts of rhino horns, worth more than €40m, in Europe.

European agencies have already hit nine bosses of the gang with a total of €9m in tax demands.