605 cars were seized in 2017
CLLR Paul Bell has said that when the ‘squeeze’ was put on, the instances of joyriding in estates in town were finally being tackled.
Outlining his crime report, Supt Andrew Watters said that 443 cars were seized in 2016 and last year, some 605 were impounded. Some were parked up with no tax or insurance and taken away.
‘It is a shocking statistic but communities have come together to confront this. Even on Christmas Day, there was joyriding on scramblers but the gardai did respond. If the community had confidence in the system, it will encourage more to follow up,’ Cllr Bell added.