Three arrested after gardaí seize over €390k in Dublin and Portlaoise
Two men and a woman were arrested
Gardaí 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, October 4, in West Dublin.
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.
Follow up searches in Dublin and Portlaoise led to further cash seizures.
Remarking upon the operation, Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly, Organised and Serious Crime stated he wished to "thank all the officers involved in the operation which led to this significant seizure of cash".
"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," Assistant Commissioner Kelly continued.
Investigations are ongoing.