As a result of an ongoing operation into money laundering by Gardai from the Cork Divisional Drug Unit and Fraud Unit assisted by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau, two houses were searched and four people arrested this morning the 18th September 2014.
The four (two men 19, 29 years and two women 28 and 50 years) were arrested at houses in the Fairhill and Knocknaheeney areas of Cork. All four are being detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Gurranabraher, Mayfield and Bridewell Garda stations.
These arrests follow on from four arrests (three woman 21, 33 and 50 years and one man 33 years) made on the 3rd September 2014 in the Gurranabraher and Fairhill area of Cork city.
All were arrested as part of this ongoing investigation. The four were detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Gurranabraher, Mayfield and Bridewell garda stations. They were released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
