GARDAÍ IN GALWAY HAVE CONFIRMED A MURDER INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A LATVIAN MAN IN NORTH GALWAY.

THE UPGRADE IN THE INQUIRY FOLLOWS A POSTMORTEM ON THE REMAINS OF 30 YEARS OLD JURIS BULS , WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND AT THE WEEKEND IN WOODLAND IN CREGGS, NEAR GLENAMADDY.

DETAILS OF THE POSTMORTEM RESULTS ARE NOT BEING DISCLOSED FOR OPERATIONAL REASONS. MR BULS HAD NOT BEEN SEEN AT HIS HOUSE AT BALLYMORE ROAD IN GLENAMADDY SINCE THURSDAY, JULY 7TH, WHEN HE LEFT FOR WORK AT TITAN PLASTICS IN TUAM.

GARDAÍ SAID LAST WEEK THEY WERE CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY AS A SEARCH CONTINUED INTO HIS WHEREABOUTS.

A MAN IS BEING HELD IN CUSTODY IN RELATION TO THE DISAPPEARANCE AND IS DUE TO APPEAR AT TUAM DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING.

35 YEARS OLD SERGEIS KRAUZE, A LATVIAN NATIONAL WITH AN ADDRESS AT DUDLEY HEIGHTS, GLENAMADDY, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH WITHHOLDING INFORMATION.