Two arrested as gardaí seized €1m in cash in Dublin

Gardaí have seized €1 million in cash and arrested two men in Dublin.

The money was recovered at a house in the Knocklyon area of Dublin 16 yesterday during an operation targeting serious and organised crime.

A cash counting machine and financial ledgers were also seized.

Two men, aged 35 and 44, were later arrested and are being held at a Garda Station in the Dublin area.

Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly, Head of Serious & Organised Crime said: “This substantial seizure of cash shows the vast profits being made by Transnational Organised Crime Groups who inflict such damage upon our communities. It should also be clear from this that there is a direct link between personal use drugs consumption and the pernicious activities of such groups.

“Targeting such money laundering operations is a key strategy for our organisation, as this removes cash that would otherwise be reinvested by such groups into further criminal activity, and it strikes at the heart of the criminal business mode.”