Gardaí crackdown on criminals using motorway

Gardaí have seized 14 cars and made ten arrests at a motorway checkpoint, as part of Operation Thor.

The operation, near the Balbriggan exit of M1, was targeting criminals using the motorway network, as well as the sale of stolen goods at markets.

One man was detained on a European Arrest Warrant, and another was arrested after the seizure of 11,000 cigarettes.

The further seven people were arrested for drink driving.