Three held after €900k in cash and drugs seized

Three men are being questioned in Dublin after gardaí seized €900,000 in cash and drugs with an estimated street value of €30,000.

Officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau stopped a car on Collins Avenue in Dublin last night and found €400,000 in cash.

Two men, aged 53 and 29, were arrested on suspicion of having committed organised crime-related offences and are currently detained at Raheny and Clontarf Garda Stations under organised crime legislation.

Two follow-up searches with the Garda Dog Unit were conducted last night and into the early hours of the morning in Dublin and Meath, and more cash and drugs were discovered.

Gardaí seized a further €300,000 in cash, as well as controlled drugs, including cocaine and MDMA tablets worth around €30,000.

Another man, aged 22, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking-related offences, and is currently detained at Ballymun Garda Station.

Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll said: "An Garda Síochána's activities undertaken through Special Crime Operations (SCO) with an aim of dismantling particular organised crime organisations (OCGs) continues.

"The seizure yesterday by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) of cash, believed to be associated with organised crime, to an estimated value of €900,000, bringing to over €2 million the amount of cash seized by GNDOCB so far this year, is an important achievement designed to impact significantly on particular OCGs."