‘Monday to Friday’ burglars are terrorising rural elderly for a few hundred euro while posing as plain-clothes gardaí

Burglary gangs are posing as gardaí to gain entry to elderly people’s homes

March 04 2023 02:30 AM

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A garda operation against organised gangs travelling the country and targeting elderly people for cash while posing as officers has been put in place.

Gardaí are investigating two dozen incidents this year, with rural areas of Leinster particularly badly hit in the Garda Eastern Region.