Rolex watch and diamond ring among items worth €300k seized in major garda bust
Cash, drugs, designer clothes and jewellery were seized as part of major garda crackdown on organised crime in Dublin
Over €300,000 worth of contraband was seized by gardaí in Dublin following major raids of goods belonging to organised crime gangs.
Gardaí from the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) North conducted a search operation this Monday morning, as part of ongoing investigations into organised criminality in the Coolock area.
140 members of An Garda Síochána took participated in the operation.
Locations in Coolock, Balbriggan and Finglas were searched, which focused on suspected money laundering, the sale and supply of drugs, possession of weapons, immigration offences, illegal waste disposal and suspected theft.
The following items were seized:
• €32,750 cash
• €15,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb
• €40,000 worth of designer clothing, jewellery and shoes
• €241,000 worth of assets were frozen in various bank accounts
• Financial documentation
Three people were arrested for immigration offences by the Garda National Immigration Bureau. All three remain detained at this time and will be deported from the State in due course.
This search operation also forms part of the investigation into an incident of violent disorder that occurred at a premises in Balgriffin, Co Dublin on January 13.
Investigations are ongoing at this time.