100 gardaí raid homes linked to gangland criminals

Drug gangs in Limerick have been hit hard during a series of garda raids, on the back of the seizure of €170,000 worth of illegal drugs.

Twenty homes linked to gangland criminals were raided yesterday morning by 100 armed officers and unarmed uniformed gardaí.

It follows a crackdown on the operations of the gangs in recent days, which saw gardaí net an estimated €168,500 worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis.