A MAN HAS been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and cash has been seized during a search operation in Tallaght, Dublin today.
The operation was led by gardaí from the M District drugs unit, assisted by local detectives, community policing and regular units supported by the Garda Armed Support Unit.
During the course of the operation, a house was searched in the Castletymon area where gardaí seized €8,500 in cash, along with three mobile phones and a number of items of high value clothing.
Following the search, a man aged in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of money laundering.
He is currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The operation was carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected money laundering and follows the seizure of €49,000 cash in the Tallaght area on 31 August last.
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