Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie Image: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.ie A TOTAL OF 16 people were arrested in Drogheda as part of a garda operation target criminality in the area.A total of 30 houses were searched by gardaí in which 14 people were arrested on foot of outstanding warrants.
All 14 of these people have since been brought before District and Circuit Courts in relation to these warrants.A further two men, aged 19 and 23, were arrested on suspicion of the commission of criminal acts in Drogheda in recent weeks. The 19-year-old man was charged and taken before Dundalk District Court while the second man is still being held at Drogheda Garda Station where he can be held for up to 24 hours.
Gardaí from Drogheda’s Road Police Unit also seized five vehicles and issued 35 on-the-spot fines for road traffic offences.