Issue Date: 5th February 2022
On Friday the 4th of February 2022, in the course of an ongoing intelligence led investigations targeting serious and organised crime in the Dublin Region, officers attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), supported by the Special Crime Task Force, intercepted two vehicles in the Holywell area of Swords, Co. Dublin.
A substantial amount of cash was recovered and two males, aged 38 and 27 were arrested on suspicion of facilitating/enhancing the ability of an organised crime group to commit a serious offence, contrary to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006.
Both suspects were conveyed to Coolock Garda station, where they remain detained, pursuant to the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.
Follow up searches were conducted in the Swords and Clondalkin areas.
The total sum of cash seized in this operation is in excess of €374,000, and investigations are ongoing.
