PSNI officers were part of a cross border Joint Agency Task Force operation focusing on rural crime.
The operation took place in border areas and involved the Gardai and officers from the PSNI s Neighbourhood and Local Policing Teams and Tactical Support Groups.
The PSNI Districts involved in this operation were Newry Mourne & Down, Armagh City Banbridge & Craigavon, Mid Ulster, Fermanagh & Omagh, and Derry City & Strabane.
The Garda North Western Regional Armed Support Unit, the Garda Air Support Unit, regular Policing Units, Detective Branches, and roads policing units from the Louth, Cavan/Monaghan, Sligo/Leitrim, and Donegal divisions also took part.
18 arrests in joint operation on rural border crime
Updated / Thursday, 18 Feb 2021
13:10
The operation focused on cross-border burglaries and organised crime gangs that use the border corridor to facilitate their criminal activity
North-East Correspondent
Eighteen people have been arrested as part of a joint operation by gardaí and the PNSI tackling rural crime in the border region.
The operation, carried out yesterday, was focused on cross-border burglaries and organised crime gangs that use the border corridor to facilitate their criminal activity and involved high visibility patrols.
Five arrests were made for those driving under the influence of an intoxicant and three detections were made for drugs possession following a number of drugs searches.
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18 arrests have been made by Gardai and the PSNI following a joint operation to tackle rural crime along the border.
High visibility patrols took place throughout all border counties yesterday, as part of a planned Cross Border Joint Agency Task Force Operation concentrating specifically on routes being used by burglars and gangs.
This Joint Agency Task Force operation included collaboration and cooperation with the PSNI and the Garda North Western Regional Armed Support Unit, the Garda Air Support Unit, regular Policing Units, Detective Branches, and roads policing units from the Louth, Cavan/Monaghan, Sligo/Leitrim, and Donegal divisions.
The objective of this operation is:
Image source: An Garda Síochána
An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) carried out a planned cross-border operation tackling rural crime along border counties and arrested a number of people.
The Joint Agency Task Force operation included collaboration and cooperation with the PSNI; the Garda North Western Regional Armed Support Unit; the Garda Air Support Unit; regular policing units; detective branches; and roads policing units from the Louth, Cavan/Monaghan, Sligo/Leitrim, and Donegal divisions.
The action last evening (Wednesday, February 17) spanned the entire border area concentrating on cross-border burglaries and organised crime gangs that use the border corridor to facilitate their criminal activity.