Garda warning over phone scam

Gardaí in Nenagh have issued a warning over a mobile phone text scam in which several local people have been targeted.

A number of incidents have been reported of people receiving text messages purporting to be from An Post and claiming that a delivery is waiting for them at a depot. The user is asked to click on a link and then asked to part with money. Members of the public are asked to be vigilant of these scams and to report suspicious activity to the gardaí immediately.

Elsewhere, on Wednesday of last week gardaí stopped and searched a male at Drummin Village, Nenagh, at around 2pm. An implement, which could potentially have been used as an offensive weapon, was found on his person. A file on this incident is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Gardaí stopped and searched a vehicle and its occupants at Ballymackeogh, Newport, at around 3am last Thursday. Quantities of suspected cocaine and cannabis were seized. A file to the DPP will follow.

A male was arrested for reportedly being drunk and disorderly at Nenagh's Tesco supermarket at around midnight last Friday.

In Nenagh's Castlewood estate, a shed was broken into in the early hours of Friday morning and a number of items were stolen. Gardaí arrested a male on suspicion of trespassing nearby at Melrose. A file is being prepared for the DPP.

Also last week, a trailer was stolen from a property at Ballycapple, Cloughjordan, some time between Wednesday and Thursday.

And a male was arrested following a reported incident of erratic driving in Nenagh at around midnight on Sunday. The individual has subsequently been charged in relation to drink driving.