Man arrested as gardaí seize €670,000 in cash

James Cox

One man was arrested as gardaí seized €670,000 in cash in Dublin on Tuesday.

The search was part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of controlled drugs in Co Cork.

At approximately 10am, gardaí from the Donnybrook Community Engagement Area stopped a vehicle in the Mespil Road area of Dublin 4.

Approximately €672,000 in cash was subsequently seized during the course of a search. The driver, a man in his late 30s, was arrested and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda station in Dublin.

This seizure is as a result of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of controlled drugs by Cork County Divisional Drugs Unit based in Midleton and cooperation with the Serious Crime Unit based in Donnybrook, Dublin.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.