€188,000 cash seized in GNDOCB search operation

This morning Gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) conducted a search operation at four locations in Dublin 1.

The searches were part of an ongoing investigation targeting persons suspected to be involved in organised crime.

Personnel attached to GNDOCB were supported by the Special Crime Task Force and the Garda Dog Unit.

During the course of the search, cash to the value of €188,295 was located and seized.

Three men (aged 36, 38 and 40) were arrested for offences contrary to Sections 71A and 72 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006.

All three men are currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 in Irishtown and Store Street Garda stations.

Investigations are ongoing.