Three men arrested as armed gardaí raid four Cavan properties

Some 40 gardaí, including armed members, executed raids on four properties in Co Cavan to arrest three men (30s) as part of an operation targeting organised crime.The arrests are connected to Garda investigations into two “serious” assaults on three men in Cullyleenan, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan.The first incident – in the early hours of Sunday, August 2nd – left two men in their 30s with “serious, but non-life-threatening” injuries, said An Garda Síochána. The pair were brought to Cavan General Hospital for treatment.Three days later – in the evening of August 5th – another man in his 30s was assaulted in the same area.The incident, which the force said took place “outside a commercial premises”, resulted in the man being hospitalised in Cavan General Hospital.Due to the nature of the inciden