Undercover Galway gardai box in car as video shows group taken from vehicle
As many as four people were taken out of the vehicle which had been boxed in by three undercover garda cars in Galway city
This is the dramatic moment that three undercover garda cars in Galway city boxed in a car as its occupants were taken from the vehicle.
The video shows two undercover squad cars pulling up behind a black, UK registered, vehicle as another garda vehicle traps the car in at the junction of Eglinton Street and Francis Street at around lunchtime on Monday.
Non-uniformed officers can be seen jumping out of their cars and rushing to the UK reg vehicle as the lights from their undercover cars flash.
As many as four people were taken from the vehicle with as many as three officers seen holding the occupants of the car as two others begin a search of the vehicle.
In the video, seen by Galway Live, one of the gardai asks one of the back seat occupants his name to which he answers fully.
He is held by one officer at the back bumper of the car while another officer holds a second occupant beside him.
Two of the other occupants of the car are being held by another officer on the other side of the car while one searches the front of the vehicle and the other searches the back.
Galway Live has contacted gardai for a statement.