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Garda Warning – Please Take Note.

Gardaí, the HSE and the Department of Health are asking people to be fully aware of a number of scams taking place in relation to Covid-19 vaccination.

This warning follows reports of a number of people receiving fraudulent telephone calls and text messages, seeking personal details, coming from low-life individuals over the past few days.

Gardaí confirm that a number of people have received messages requesting private and sensitive information, including addresses, dates of birth, and PPS numbers.

In some cases people do confirm their address, and state they live at home on their own, leaving the caller / scammer then offering to visit their place of residence, to render vaccination services.

Note: The HSE has stated that they will never text or call people asking them for personal information, and will never request payment for either a Covid-19 vaccine or a test for the virus, as same is totally free.

Gardaí Seize €48,000 In Tipperary Vehicle Search

Gardaí from the Tipperary Town Drugs Unit, while on a routine mobile patrol in Tipperary Town, halted a vehicle on St. Michael’s Avenue at around 7:00pm yesterday, January 20th 2021.

The Gardaí, on carrying out a search of the vehicle, discovered approximately €48,000 in cash.

The driver of the car, a man aged in his 60’s, was immediately arrested on suspicion of laundering the proceeds of crime and taken to Tipperary Garda Station, where he is currently being detained for questioning.

Gardaí Arrest Men in Relation To Borrisoleigh Knife Robbery.

Gardaí from Templemore and Thurles, investigating the robbery at Meagher’s News Agency & Grocery; on Sunday, January 10th last, latter premises situated on Lower Main Street, Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, have, yesterday, arrested two men aged in their 20’s.

Readers will remember that at approximately 5:00pm, two men, one of them carrying what is understood to be a knife, had entered the said premises in Borrisoleigh village, where they had threatened a staff member demanding they hand over cash from the cash register.

The two men then exited the shop with a substancial sum of money, before driving away in a car that was parked a short distance away.

Both young men were detained at Templemore and Nenagh Garda Stations under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

One of the men has since been charged with the offence and was due to appear before Nenagh District Court this morning, January 15th at 10:30am.

The other man has since been released, while a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, (DPP).

Appeal For Information On Borrisoleigh Knife Robbery.

**Meagher’s News Agency & Grocery, Borrisoleigh, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.**

Gardaí have renewed an appeal, seeking information from any person who may have been in the vicinity of Lower Main Street, Borrisoleigh, Thurles, (R498) between 4:30pm and 5:30pm on Sunday evening last.

Their enquiries follows the robbery from a shop in the village, by two men armed with a knife.

Gardaí say that a large quantity of cash was taken in an incident at Meagher’s Newsagent, situated on Lower Main Street, South of and immediately close to the junction of Chapel Lane, on the Templemore Road, (R501) at approximately 5:00pm, (After dark).

Anybody with any information is being asked to contact either Templemore Garda Station (Tel: 0504-32630) or Thurles Garda Station (Tel: 0504-25100).

In particular Gardaí are anxious to trace the movements or indeed the present whereabouts of a vehicle described as a grey/silver Toyota Avensis, observed on Borrisoleigh’s Main Street on that particular day.

2020 – Clonmel Gardaí Seize €275,000 In Drugs & Cash

Last February 2020, additional manpower was added to the District Drug Unit in Clonmel. The unit now consists of one Sergeant and four Gardaí.

As a result of this increase in staffing, detections of those involved in the sale and supply of drugs are up 70%, whilst incidents of simple possession are up 74%.

Suspected drugs such as cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, MDMA, alprazolam, cannabis and diazepam, with an estimated street value of €256,000, were seized along with over €20,000 in cash.

Speaking at Clonmel Garda Station, Superintendent William Leahy stated:

“We have an extremely committed group of Gardaí attached to our drugs unit here in Clonmel. With the support of our uniform Gardaí, they have a proactive approach to targeting street level drug dealing. For 2021, we will continue to disrupt and dismantle drug dealing networks and organized crime groups that effect our town so negatively”.

“Drug use is a problem that we, An Garda Siochana, can’t solve alone. It is a societal issue and requires a societal response.
People who think it is ok to use drugs on a recreational basis, and think its harmless, are only fooling themselves. Not only are they damaging their health, they are also funding organised crime. Drugs have an impact on so many lives and remains a contributing factor in public order, assaults and collisions on our roads.
If you see or hear of any drug activity, please pick up the phone and call the Gardaí.”