Disqualified driver and passenger with warrant out for his arrest nabbed at Garda checkpoint
A DISQUALIFIED driver and a passenger with a bench warrant out for his arrest were caught red-handed when their vehicle (pictured above) was stopped at a checkpoint conducted by Kilkenny gardai.
The anti-crime checkpoint was put in place by members of the Garda Kilkenny/Carlow Burglary Response Unit in Urlingford on Sunday evening.
Both men were arrested and charged and taken into custody.
A Garda spokesperson confirmed. “Vehicle stopped, driver disqualified, passenger with bench warrant, both arrested and charged and brought in custody to court. Driver convicted and disqualified further.”