40% drop in reported burglaries as Thor hammers winter crime

Garda figures show there was a 40% fall in reported burglaries between October and March, which Garda chiefs attribute to a policing initiative.

Garda HQ set up a winter phase of Operation Thor, as a result of an increase in home break-ins in September and October, 2017.

A focus was to target travelling criminal gangs that specialise in burglaries, and which use high-powered vehicles as getaways.