Four arrested in garda operation targeting organised crime in Galway

Searches were carried out at six residential properties in Ballinasloe, Co Galway; Taughmaconnell and Athlone, Co Roscommon; Athlone, Co Westmeath, as well as Banagher and Cloghan, Co Offaly.

Four men have been arrested after a multi-county operation by gardaí which targeted an organised crime group in Co Galway.

The operation, undertaken by officers on Wednesday morning, was targeting a group which is believed to be involved in serious criminality including possession and discharge of firearms, drug dealing, drug intimidation, burglaries and serious assaults in east Galway and the neighbouring division.