Arrests following thefts

FOUR people were arrested and detained in Ballymote and Carrick-on-Shannon Garda stations on Wednesday following a number of searches carried out by gardaí in Sligo.

The three men and one woman were detained after gardaí carried out the searches in connection to a number of thefts in the Sligo area.

Gardaí said the thefts are in relation to syphoning of fuel, and theft of electrical cable.