Named ‘Safe Fields’, the operation will be staged nationwide and runs from last bank holiday Tuesday (1 November) until the 31 of January 2017.
Last year, a similar operation saw the GNR register 59 crimes with 71 people being arrested.
The biggest busts made, involved recovering 19.2 tons of stolen olives, 165 kilos of non-precious metals, and 100 kilos of stolen pine cones.