Trio arrested in connection with fraudulent insurance claim probe

Three men have been arrested in Cork as part of a garda probe into fraudulent insurance claims.

The three, who range in age from their twenties to their forties, were arrested during an operation in Co Cork involving members of the Organised Crime Unit and Fraud Investigation Unit under Operation NASCAR

They are being detained under Section 4 and Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act.

Today's arrest brings to 20 the number of people arrested as part of this on-going investigation.