LAST UPDATE | 17 Jan 2021

GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED over €1 million in cash after searches in North Dublin and Dublin city centre that targeted a suspected organised crime group.

Concealed cash believed to be over €1 million was discovered during a search of a vehicle today.

The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) conducted the search as part of ongoing investigations into people suspected to be involved in organised crime. 

Two premises were searched and several vehicles were seized.

Assistant Commissioner and head of Organised and Serious Crime John O’Driscoll said that gardaí “continue to target those causing most harm in our community”.

“This seizure of a significant quantity of cash will, we believe, contribute to the disruption and potential ultimate dismantling of particular organised crime groups that we continue to target, building on earlier success achieved, in recent years”.

After another search operation yesterday, a 35-year-old man was arrested in Dublin as part of investigations into organised crime.

Gardaí arrested the man yesterday after a search at an address in Coolock where they seized €117,000 in cash, a Rolex watch and a vehicle.

The man has been charged and he is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday morning.