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30 Sept 2025

Naas Roads Policing Unit hold multi-agency checkpoints across Kildare

Offences detected included driving whilst disqualified and drug driving

Naas Roads Policing Unit hold multi-agency checkpoints across Kildare

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Naas Roads Policing Unit (Naas RPU), together with the RSA and HSA, recently carried out checkpoints across Kildare.

The following is a list of some of the driving offences detected during the checkpoints' operation:

  • 1 driver arrested for Driving Whilst Disqualified (driver was charged).

  • 1 driver arrested for Drug Driving – cannabis detected.

  • 1 HGV removed from service for dangerous defective brakes (vehicle was seized).

  • 1 jeep and trailer seized – trailer had no brakes, missing wheel nuts, and driver was not qualified to tow.

The message from An Garda Síochána Kildare is: “These offences put all road users in extreme danger.

“Our Roads Policing Unit remain relentless in our work to keep our roads safe. #NaasRPU #Kildare #RSA #HSA #RoadSafety”

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