THREE MEN HAVE been arrested over the murder of an eastern European national in Westmeath in 2015.

The body of Silvestras Stoskus was found on 18 March by a local farmer who was out walking in Broadford, Co Kildare.

He had been last seen leaving his home at Bun Daire, Kinnegad in Westmeath.

Gardaí at Leixlip began a murder investigation following a post mortem carried out by the State Pathologist.

Today as part of a planned operation, three men were arrested.

The men, aged 46, 35 and 32, were arrested and are currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939/1998 and Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 respectively at Naas Garda Station.

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Three men arrested in connection with 2015 Westmeath murder

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