Man arrested and €638k in cash seized after car intercepted by gardaí
On Wednesday (April 23), personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) intercepted a vehicle shortly after 4pm in the Cabra area of west Dublin and also conducted a search of a residential premises.
During the course of this operation €638,000 in cash, a money counter and alleged money laundering paraphernalia was recovered.
A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested pursuant to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in relation to facilitating and enhancing money laundering activities for an organised crime group.
The man is currently detained, pursuant to the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007, at a Garda Station in Dublin.
The major Garda operation was carried out as part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in July 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute drug trafficking networks at all levels—international, national, and local—involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale, and supply of controlled drugs.
Under Operation Tara, individuals and groups involved in the drug trade will be the target of enforcement activity based on intelligence and the latest crime trends.
Where criminality is identified, Divisional Asset Profilers identify unexplained wealth and may submit appropriate referrals to the Criminal Assets Bureau for further investigation.
The GNDOCB was established in 2015 and leads in tackling all forms of drug trafficking and the supply of illicit drugs in Ireland.
Since its establishment, the unit has seized €627 million in illicit drugs, 171 firearms and 6,586 rounds of ammunition, and made 1,722 arrests, as of March 20.
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