Arrested man in Cork planned armed raid

Gardaí claimed one of the men arrested following an operation targeting heroin dealers was planning an armed robbery of a rural Cork post office.

Cork City gardaí this week arrested 16 men and 9 women as part of Operation Emerson — an operation based out of Anglesea Street Garda station that saw undercover gardaí target heroin dealers.

The accused yesterday appeared before Judge Olann Kelleher at Cork District Court, where bail was denied to Michael Crinnion, aged 23, of 1, Blackwater Grove, Togher, Cork.