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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Anita McSorley

Gardai catch driver breaking outrageous amount of laws on busy Irish road

Gardai have been praised for catching a driver breaking a staggering amount of laws.

The motorist was found to be breaching not one or two - but five different rules.

The Naas Road Policing Unit were on patrol recently when they stopped the car, which was travelling at 137km/h in a 100km/h zone.

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The silver Mercedes had false number plates on and no insurance.

Upon further inspection, gardai found that the vehicle was stolen and the driver had two bench warrants.

The driver was arrested and the car seized.

Posting about the incident on Twitter, a Garda spokesperson said: “Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped this car with false plates travelling at 137kph in 100kph area. The driver had no insurance and 2 Bench warrants and the car was found to be stolen. They were arrested and the car was seized. #SaferRoads #ItsAJobWorthDoing.”

The post has been seen by almost 50,000 Twitter users, with many leaving comments to praise gardai for their good work.

One person said: “Nice catch.”

Another added: “Good work gardai.”

A third person wrote: “Great stuff, well done.”

Someone else posted: “Well done lads great job.”

Their thoughts were echoed by dozens of other Twitter users.

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