A number of items including over €66,000 in cash and a car was seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Dublin today.
The items were found during an operation targeting organised crime at a home in south Dublin and at a commercial business located in west Dublin.
Officers seized €66,865 in cash, 161 Audi Q7, two encrypted phones and documentation during the raid.
The operation was described as a "significant development" in the ongoing investigation focusing on cash and other assets acquired by a local crime group through the selling of controlled drugs.
A garda spokeswoman said: "The search was conducted by personnel in the Criminal Assets Bureau, assisted by the Regional Armed Response Unit, DMR South District Detective Unit, the Stolen Motor Investigation Unit and the Customs Dog Unit.
"This morning’s search operation is a significant development in an ongoing investigation into cash and other assets accumulated by a local organised crime group (OCG), from the sale and supply of controlled drugs.
"This search operation is just one example of the Criminal Assets Bureau working with local Gardaí to target the assets of persons involved in drug dealing in the local community."
