Garda Checkpoints surround Baltinglass to detect crime and road traffic offences

Gardaí said that Checkpoints were carried out on all routes surrounding Baltinglass town.

Officers were targeting traffic offences as well as general crime.

The operation was carried out yesterday by Baltinglass Gardaí, Roads Policing Unit and the local Detective Unit.

Gardaí said a number of Road Traffic Offences were detected.

Searches were also carried out under the Drugs Act and criminal intelligence reports.