Issue Date: 20th February 2024
As part an EU-wide investigation targeting an organised criminal group involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs and associated money laundering offences, An Garda Síochána participated in a joint action day in January 2024.
This operational activity involved law enforcement authorities from Lithuania, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, supported by the Garda National Dog Unit, carried out planned searches at three locations in Ireland in January 2024.
€34,700 cash, suspected controlled drugs to the approximate value of €5,000, a number of electronic devices and financial documents were seized during the course of the searches.
Two persons were arrested on suspicion of having committed offences contrary to the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010. They were detained under the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 and questioned at a Garda Station in the south of the country.
They were subsequently released and a file is being prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
