Issue Date: 1st August 2021
Gardaí have seized €100,000 in cash following an ongoing, intelligence led investigation targeting serious and organised crime involving transnational organised crime groups. On Saturday 31st July 2021, Gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), supported by the Special Crime Task Force, intercepted a vehicle in the car park of a retail premises in Tallaght, Dublin 24.
A substantial amount of cash was recovered. One man, aged 32 and one woman, aged 26 were arrested on suspicion of involvement in an offence of Money Laundering, contrary to the provisions of section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) Act, 2010.
The man and woman were taken to Tallaght Garda station, where they remain detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.
The total value of cash seized in this operation is estimated to be in excess of €100,000 (subject to counting following forensic examination).
