Irish trailers in custody after police swoop
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II Irish police are seeking the owners of more than 20 stolen trailers recovered in raids last week.
The investigation began when a sharp-eyed driver spotted a trailer which he knew to be stolen, and contacted police.
Eight trailers have been reclaimed so far; at least 12 more are awaiting identification.
Most of the trailers are from the Republic; but some were hired units stolen in Britain or in Northern Ireland.
Still to be claimed are a Chereau fridge unit, five curtainsiders, two short skeletals and a number of 40ft flatbed trailers.
The trailers were all in use when recovered by police, who swooped as far afield as Cork, Limerick, and Kilkenny.
The registration marks on the trailers are difficult to make out and this is slowing identification, say police. Claimants will now have to prove lega! ownership to recover the trailers.
The recovered trailers are being held in a secure police compound, the location of which is confidential.
The ongoing investigation is being co-ordinated by Garda Superintendent Richard Burke, in Clonmel. Contact: 00 353 052 22 222.