Drugs, cash and a vehicle seized in searches targeting organised crime

Drugs, cash and goods including a car, have been seized by An Garda Siochana during searches of 18 properties in Limerick.

Drugs seized include approximately 64,600 euro of suspected amphetamine and nearly 90,000 euro of suspected cannabis.

Also recovered was 76,580 euro in cash, with a further 18,000 euro frozen in credit union accounts.

Garda said property seized during the searches include a BMW, an item of designer jewellery, a number of electronic goods and six shotgun cartridges.

The searches were carried out as part of an intelligence-led operation targeting organised criminal activity.

Three men aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested and are being detained at Garda stations in the Limerick region.

Investigations into the matter are ongoing.