One man was arrested in Co Kildare yesterday afternoon and gardai are continuing a search for several others in a wooded area near Naas.
The man was arrested as part of a Garda investigation into a burglary in Kilnashee, Co Longford, yesterday morning. The inquiry is part of a larger investigation into burglaries in the Midlands, codenamed Operation Astra.
A Garda spokesman confirmed the search was ongoing for two to three more men after a car was found abandoned in the locality.