Andrew Carey
AS many prepare for the ghoulish and ghostly celebrations of Halloween, Gardai in Shannon targeting the sale and supply of fireworks in the Shannon area have seized a large quantity of fireworks under Operation Tombola.
As part of an intelligence led operation gardai from the Shannon Detective Unit carried out a planned search of a house in the Rossbracken Housing Estate in Shannon yesterday afternoon.
A large quantity of assorted fireworks with an estimated street value of up to €2,000 were discovered and seized.
There were no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.