Three men have been arrested after gardai seized a huge haul of drugs and cash.
Officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) stopped a vehicle on Collins Avenue, Dublin 9 on Tuesday evening, and seized an enormous sum of money believed to be in the region of €400,000.
Two men, aged 53 and 29, were subsequently arrested on suspicion of having committed organised crime related offences and are currently detained at Raheny and Clontarf Garda Stations.
Additional searches at premises in counties Dublin and Meath uncovered a further sum of cash, believed to be around €300,000.
The Garda Dog Unit assisted in this search.
A quantity of what is believed to be controlled drugs, including cocaine and MDMA tablets, with an estimated street value of €30,000, were also seized.
A third man, 22, was arrested on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking related offences and is currently detained at Ballymun Garda Station.
Assistant Commissioner John O Driscoll said: "An Garda Síochána’s activities undertaken through Special Crime Operations (SCO) with an aim of dismantling particular organised crime organisations (OCG's) continues.
"The seizure yesterday by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) of cash, believed to be associated with organised crime, to an estimated value of €700,000, bringing to over €2 million the amount of cash seized by GNDOCB so far this year, is an important achievement designed to impact significantly on particular OCG's."
