Members of An Garda Siochana are said to be shocked by the arrest yesterday and news of the wider investigation. While that is genuinely true for a number of Gardai, for others….. pic.twitter.com/9OHDniLVNX
— nwl (@nwl88444048) September 30, 2021
Gulp.
This afternoon.
Meanwhile…
…via Irish Times:
The man arrested on Wednesday is a former senior officer in the force who moved up the ranks very quickly and was well-known and well-liked. He was regarded as a rising star of the Garda and secured repeated promotions.
He now stands accused of aiding a crime gang by supplying information to them, though no findings have been made against him and the allegations are not proven. The Garda investigation that resulted in his arrest is now closely examining his recent activities to determine what serving Garda members he has been in contact with.
Sources stressed the arrested man had many friends and contacts in the Garda as he served in the force from the time he was a very young man until he was middle aged, adding only a very small number of those contacts were now under suspicion. No serving member of the force has been arrested as part of the investigation but serving members are now under suspicion, Garda sources said.
Serving gardaí are suspects in drugs trade investigation (Irish Times)
Yesterday: Retired senior garda arrested on suspicion of assisting drugs gang (Irish Times)
