Port under surveillance for stolen farm machinery

Gardaí and customs officials have significantly increased surveillance and spot checks at Ringaskiddy Port in Co Cork in the belief that criminal gangs have been smuggling expensive farm and construction machinery out of the country in containers.

News of the increased vigilance was given to members of the Cork County Joint Policing Committee (JPC) yesterday by senior gardaí.

Superintendent Con Cadogan told JPC members that, on one weekend last month, three diggers were stolen in the county.