Bid to reunite owners with stolen items worth €150,000

Missing a boat, trailer, or outboard engine? Well, you could be in luck as gardaí are looking to reunite owners with stolen goods worth about €150,000.

Among the items waiting to be reclaimed are ten boats, 16 trailers, 74 outboard engines, one caravan and two generators.

The property was found by gardaí during a number of searches in Portlaoise, Co Laois on June 25th and 26th as part of an investigation into boat engine thefts.

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Det Sgt John Healy, from Portlaoise Garda station, said people who have had outboard engines or property stolen lately should look at the photographs.

“We are appealing to people all over the country who may have had an outboard engine stolen to look at the photos and see if their engine is amongst the property we have here,” he said.

“We feel that the engines could belong to people countrywide, so we’re asking everyone from Killybegs to Castletownbere to look.”

Those who think they have spotted property which was stolen from them are asked to email portlaoise.property@garda.ie or ring (057) 8674100 to arrange a viewing.

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