Man arrested after gardaí board and search cargo vessel in Shannon Estuary

The man was arrested in an operation targeting international organised criminal activity on maritime routes along the coast

One man, aged 28, was arrested on board on suspicion of facilitating/enhancing a criminal organisation to commit a serious offence.

A man has been arrested after gardaí searched a cargo vessel on Wednesday in an operation targeting international organised criminal activity.

Officers from Revenue were aided by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in the operation which saw the vessel searched while it was anchored in the Shannon Estuary.