Gardai have cracked almost 50 cases of people being on the run from the courts in a single week – as part of a crackdown on crime in just one Irish county.
Officers have revealed that they executed 46 bench warrants in Co Westmeath between last Friday and today in an operation that saw them target burglary gangs in the county.
Bench warrants are issued when an accused person fails to turn up for a court case – and means they are on the run from the law.
