Gardaí have seized €200,000 in cash following a search of a vehicle and its occupants on the M4 motorway in west Dublin this morning.
Gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) intercepted the vehicle at around 7.30am as part of an ongoing investigation targeting organised criminal activity.
The cash was found and seized during the course of the search.
Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized approximately €200,000 in cash after searching a vehicle on the M4 today. The search was conducted as part of an ongoing investigation targeting serious organised criminal activity. Two men arrested. pic.twitter.com/0pX7EVFHa8
— Garda Info (@gardainfo) November 5, 2020
Two men, aged 24 and 47, were arrested for the offence of money laundering under Section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010.
They are both currently detained at Lucan Garda Station.
Gardaí say that investigations are ongoing.
