Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) officers raided a solicitor's office and five houses across Ireland today as part of an operation targeting organised crime.
The searches were carried out in conjunction with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the Garda Special Crime Task Force (SCTF), the Garda Dog and Revenue Customs Dog Units.
Cops seized documentation in relation to the ownership of assets, financial documents, mobile phones and electronic storage devices during the raids in Dublin, Meath and Waterford.
Officers were targeting the assets and activities of an international organised crime gang involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs.
Man and woman rob and burn out elderly taxi driver's car in Tallaght, South Dublin
No arrests were made but gardai describe the operation as "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."
Meanwhile, a car and a van were seized in Limerick by CAB officers on foot of a High Court Order.
A 191 Audi and a 182 Ford were seized after the vehicles were identified as proceeds of crime as part of a Criminal Assets Bureau investigation.
