Three men arrested after gardaí find almost €350,000 cash in suitcase

By Cate McCurry, PA

Three men have been arrested in Dublin after gardaí found almost €350,000 in cash stuffed inside a suitcase in a car.

The discovery was made as part of an operation targeting an organised crime gang involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs and money laundering activities in the Dublin area.

The car was searched in Drumcondra on Friday.

The operation was carried out by the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) who searched three men, who were passengers in the vehicle, and their luggage, and located and seized an estimated €345,640 cash.

Three men, aged in their 40s, were arrested by gardaí and are currently being detained at garda stations in the Dublin region.

Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary, from the Dublin Metropolitan Region, said: “This significant seizure of cash not only removes ill-gotten gains from the hands of criminals, but also deprives them of money they would have used to fund further criminal activities and cause harm in our communities.”