Gardaí seize rare cup made from rhino horn in raid

Gardaí in Limerick have seized a rare and extremely valuable Chinese libation cup they believe to be made from rhinoceros horn, in a major investigation into the notorious Rathkeale Rovers criminal Traveller gang.

Such rarities command hundreds of thousands of euro on the black market.

More than 50 gardaí, led by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau, also seized a “six-figure” cash sum when they raided 11 properties in Rathkeale, west Limerick.