A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN has been arrested this morning as part of an investigation into money laundering of €2.8 million.

Gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, which is part of the fraud division, arrested the man at a house on the northside of Dublin.

The man is currently detained at Ballymun Garda Station under the provision of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 for an offence of money laundering.

The €2.8 million is now frozen under the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act, 2010, while investigations are on-going.

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Man arrested as part of €2.8 million money laundering investigation

Read: Regency murder accused handed fresh charges of possessing AK-47s

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