Search Operations conducted by the Criminal Assets Bureau on the 11/4/19

Search Operations conducted by the Criminal Assets Bureau on the 11/4/19

Operation 1

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), with the assistance of the Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the Garda Special Crime Task Force (SCTF), the Garda Dog and Revenue Customs Dog Units conducted a search operation today, Thursday the 11th of April 2019, targeting the assets and activities of an international Organised Crime Gang involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs.
 
In total, six (6) searches were conducted in counties Dublin, Meath and Waterford.
 
Five (5) Residential Premises and one (1) Professional Premises (Solicitors) were searched.
 
The following were seized:
 
Documentation in relation to the ownership of assets, financial documentation, mobile phones and electronic storage devices were seized and are currently being examined by Bureau Officers.
 
The CAB investigation centres on an International Organised Crime Gang involved in the sale and supply of controlled drug
 
No arrests were made
 
Today’s search operation is a significant development in the CAB investigation and will be seen as a major upset to the network used by this Organised Crime Gang to launder the proceeds of their drug dealing activities.

Operation 2

This morning the Criminal Assets Bureau seized two vehicles in Limerick on foot of an order obtained before The High Court under Section 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 as amended. The vehicles, a 191 registration Audi and a 182 registration Ford were identified as proceeds of crime as part of a Criminal Assets Bureau investigation.

A photograph of the cars seized is available on request to pressoffice@garda.ie