Gardai arrested 17 people in Cork for possession of child porn, assault, burglary and a number of other offences on Thursday.
As part of Operation Thor in the city, Gardai made a series of arrests following a number of serious incidents.
A man in his 40s was arrested in relation to suspected possession of child pornography in the Ovens area, Cork Beo reports.
He was detained at Gurranabraher Garda Station and has since been released. A file will now be prepared for the DPP.
Five people were arrested for immigration offences and have since been returned to Spain.
Three people were arrested on foot of bench warrants were brought before the courts and eight people for arrested for drugs, burglary and theft offences. They have all since been released and a file will be prepared for the DPP.
A total of six premises were searched under warrant which resulted in the seizure of small quantities of suspected MDMA, cocaine and cannabis (subject to analysis).
The operations conducted were carried out by local Gardaí along with Detective, Immigration, Drugs Units, Roads Policing Unit, Dog Unit and the Armed Support Unit.
A number of checkpoints were also carried out across the county as part of the operation.
