Over 190 drugs searches in Limerick estate since March

Gardaí aim to make locations "as hot as possible" for criminals moving around city 

Derelict houses in St Mary's Park, Limerick, have been used by drugs gangs.

A Garda operation targeting drugs gangs in a Limerick estate involved 191 searches, with two people "attached to" a leading crime gang to be charged.  

This was revealed by Chief Superintendent Gerard Roche, who gave an update on the operation in St Mary’s Park in Limerick to a joint policing committee (JPC) meeting.