An Operation Thor Day of Action was carried out in the Cork City Division on Thursday, 6th September 2019. Gardaí arrested a total of 17 people in relation to a number of incidents such as suspected possession of child pornography, assault, burglary, theft, drugs and immigration offences.
Breakdown of arrests:
A man in his 40s was arrested in relation to suspected possession of child pornography in the Ovens area of Co. Cork. He was detained at Gurranabraher Garda Station and has since been released. A file will now be prepared for the DPP.
5 people were arrested for immigration offences and have since been returned to Spain.
3 people were arrested on foot of bench warrants were brought before the courts.
8 people for arrested for drugs, burglary and theft offences. They have all since been released and a file will be prepared for the DPP.
A total of 6 premises were searched under warrant which resulted in the seizure of small quantities of suspected MDMA, cocaine and cannabis (subject to analysis).
The operations conducted were carried out by local Gardaí along with Detective, Immigration, Drugs Units, Roads Policing Unit, Dog Unit and the Armed Support Unit.
As part of the day of action, 4 checkpoints were carried out on Wellington Road, Middle Glanmire Road, South Link Road and North Ring Road. Over 2000 vehicles passed through the checkpoints with 10 road traffic offences detected.
Community Policing Units were out giving advice to cyclists about bicycle safety and crime prevention. Gardaí also spoke to members of the public about how they can keep their home more secure coming up to the winter months. A talk was also held with a fast food chain who have restaurants throughout the city on topics such as; dealing with anti-social behaviour, crime prevention, substance abuse, safety awareness and personal safety.
Note: Photographs from the Day of Action are available on the Garda Facebook page.
The purpose of these Days of Action are to prevent crime, disrupt criminal activity and to enhance community engagement.
