Update: Gardaí have confirmed that property seized during the course of these searches include a BMW, an item of designer jewellery, a number of electronic items and six shotgun cartridges.
Drugs were also seized including approximately €64,600 of suspected amphetamine and approximately €89,600 of suspected cannabis. Approximately €76,580 in cash was recovered with a further €18,000 frozen in credit union accounts.
Three men aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested during this operation and are currently detained at Garda Stations in the Limerick Region.
Earlier: An Garda Síochána is today carrying out an intelligence led operation targeting the activities of an organised crime group in the Limerick Region.
17 property searches are being carried out in Limerick City and County by Gardaí from Limerick Division and the Criminal Assets Bureau supported by Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the Garda Armed Support Unit and Garda Dog Unit.
Open areas of land in the Southill area of Limerick City are also being searched by An Garda Síochána supported by the Irish Defence Forces.
A Garda spokesperson confirmed that “further details of this operation will be provided when available.”
