Two men are due in court on Thursday morning charged in relation to a money laundering offence.
The men, a 50-year-old Irish national and a Polish man aged 35, were arrested by gardai near Rosslare, Wexford on suspicion of being involved in an offence of money laundering.
Gardai also seized €400,000 in cash as part of the operation on Tuesday after officers from the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) supported by a Special Crime Task Force, approached and interacted with the occupants of cattle transporter and a car parked in a lay-by on the N25, near Rosslare, County Wexford.
A garda spokesperson said: "This interaction led to the discovery and seizure of an estimated €400,000 in cash and the arrest of two males, arising from suspicion of their involvement in an offence of Money Laundering, contrary to the provisions of section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing) Act, 2010."
The men were detained at Wexford Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 before being charged.
They will appear before Gorey District Court this morning at 10.30am.
Gardai also carried out a number of related searches in Swords, County Dublin and Trim, County Meath.
Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll of Special Crime Operations said: "Removing the proceeds of crime from those involved in serious and organised crime is a particular priority of the Garda Síochána, in its attempt to dismantle organised crime groups that operate at an international level”.
"This significant seizure of cash by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) follows closely after another seizure of a substantial quantity of cash, last week, bringing the total amount of cash seized by that bureau, so far in 2020, to about €1 million.”
