Gardai have seized catalytic converters worth a whopping €610,000 after they were found during a major sting in Dublin.
On Friday April 16 , catalytic converters with an estimated value of €480,000 were seized in Dublin Port.
In a follow up operation yesterday, Monday April 26, a vehicle was stopped by Gardaí on the N7.
In the course of a search of the vehicle 23 catalytic converters with a valued at €23,000 were seized.
A further search was carried out a storage facility in the Dublin 11 where 135 catalytic converters, valued at €108,000 were also recovered.
A male in his 30s was arrested as a result and detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Ballymun Garda station.
He has since been released without charge with a file now being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Investigations are ongoing.
It comes less than a week after a major sting saw over €2 million worth of converters seized by Gardaí.
The 2,150 converters worth around €1.2 million, along with 14 drums of smelted parts worth €1 million - which amount to around 300 catalytic converters - were found on Thursday morning during the raid.
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