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05th Oct 2018

Garda Station searched as part of bogus insurance certificate investigation

Carl Kinsella

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A Garda Station in Limerick was searched on Friday as part of an investigation into “bogus insurance certificates”.

According to a spokesperson for An Garda Síochána, “Gardaí from the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, conducting an investigation into the use of bogus insurance certificates, have completed a number of searches in the Limerick area last night and today, Friday 5th October, 2018.”

In total, the searches took place in 17 locations across Munster.

“A search was conducted in a Limerick Garda Station and in 16 residential premises. Documentation, phones, personal computers and two vehicles have been seized.”

According to a further report by RTÉ, one member of An Garda Síochána has been suspended. Nobody has been arrested at this time, though investigation are ongoing.

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