Burglary suspects carried a stun gun

Gardaí seized a stun gun, cable ties, pillows, balaclavas and house-breaking equipment from a gang suspected of carrying out a large number of burglaries in counties Cork, Tipperary, and Waterford.

Extra garda patrols had been deployed in the region in recent weeks and one of them intercepted five suspected members of the gang on the Cork/Limerick border.

The men were travelling in two vehicles when they were stopped by a number of gardaí on Monday night at Lisnalanniv, Anglesboro, approximately 6km north of Mitchelstown.