As part of an ongoing operation targeting the members and activities of rival Organised Crime Gangs, Drogheda Gardai have seized in excess of €250,000 in cash.
At 2pm on the 9th of August 2018, Crime Units / Detective Unit from Drogheda Garda station assisted by members of the Armed Support Unit conducted searches of the buildings and surrounding areas of a Halting Site at Mell in Drogheda.
During the course of the search cash in excess of €250,000 was discovered. There was also an amount of suspected cocaine found estimated to be worth about €5,000.
No arrests and investigations are ongoing at Drogheda Garda station.