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Man (30s) arrested and €269k in cash seized in raids on international crime gang
The man is being held in west Dublin.
GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING AN international criminal gang have seized €269,000 in cash following a search operation in Dublin yesterday.
The search, under Operation Tara, is part of an ongoing investigation being conducted by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau into organised crime.
A residential premises was searched in Newcastle, Dublin 22 which led to the seizure of €269,280 in cash. The cash was seized along with a vacuum packing machine and several communication devices.
Gardaí said a man, aged in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of enhancing/facilitating an organised crime group to commit a serious offence contrary to Section 72 of Criminal Justice Act 2006.
He is currently detained under Section 50 of Criminal Justice Act, 2007, at Clondalkin Garda Station, Dublin.
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