Michael Bolton
Three people have been arrested following €32,750 of cash, €15,000 worth of suspected cannabis and €40,000 of designer clothing was seized in Dublin.
This was part of an operation conducted as part of ongoing investigations into organised criminality in the Coolock area on Monday morning.
Various units were involved in search operation including the Emergency Response Unit, the Garda National Immigration Bureau, the Garda National Protective Services Bureau, the Garda Dog Unit, the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau and the Garda National Public Order Unit.
Locations in Coolock, Balbriggan and Finglas were searched as part of the operation which focused on suspected money laundering, the sale and supply of drugs, possession of weapons, immigration offences, illegal waste disposal and suspected theft.
€241,000 of assets were also frozen in various bank accounts.
The three people were arrested for immigration offences by the Garda National Immigration Bureau. All three people 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, County Dublin on 13th January 2024.
Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.
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