Three arrested after seizure of €390,650 in cash during searches in Dublin and Portlaoise
A large quantity of cash was seized when Gardaí with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau stopped two vehicles on Friday evening in West Dublin
by Cathal Ryan · Irish MirrorGardaí have arrested three people following the seizure of €390,650 in cash during searches in Dublin and Portlaoise on Friday.
A large quantity of cash was seized when Gardaí with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau stopped two vehicles on Friday evening in West Dublin. Follow-up searches in Dublin and Portlaoise led to further cash seizures.
Two men, aged in their 40s, and 60s, and a woman, in her 50s, were arrested and are currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 at a Garda Station in North Dublin.
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"I wish to thank all the officers involved in the operation which led to this significant seizure of cash,” Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly, Organised and Serious Crime stated following the massive cash seizure.
“Seizing cash from organised criminal groups not only removes their ill-gotten gains but also deprives them of money they would have used to fund further criminal activity, which harms our communities.”
A Garda spokesperson told the Irish Mirror that investigations into this seizure are ongoing.
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