Three vehicles seized at one garda checkpoint

Gardaí seized three vehicles at one roadside checkpoint for various offences, including suspected drug driving.

Naas roads policing unit recently seized the three vehicles during a checkpoint operated in Carbury, Co Kildare for no insurance and being unaccompanied learner permit holders with no L-Plates displayed.

Another motorist was arrested for drug driving after cannabis was detected in their system. Court proceedings will follow in this case.

In a separate incident earlier today, a fine was issued to a motorist parked in a disabled bay. 

Naas Community Policing were on the beat when they detected the motorist parked across two disabled parking spaces.

The motorist was issued a €150 fine.

"Please these spaces are few and required by those who most need them," An Garda Siochana said on Twitter.