Gardaí had to take a suspected shoplifter into custody in a farm trailer because he was too big for a patrol car, it has been claimed.
Solicitor and former Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan claimed the man arrested for allegedly stealing from a Tesco store would not fit into a Garda car.
The officers - who have no proper public order van - tied the suspect to a hired trailer before parading him through Portarlington, Co Laois, towards the Garda station, Mr Flanagan said.
Mr Flanagan said a crowd gathered in disbelief as the farm trailer episode unfolded outside his legal practice.
"The suspect was about 6ft 3in and around 19 stone. They used a bit of rope to tie him to the trailer to keep him steady on the journey to the garda station," he said.
Mr Flanagan, a former member of the Dáil for Laois/Offaly, said the incident occurred not long after gardaí in the town had to take a taxi to a crime scene.
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