Gardaí seize €1.12m of cannabis, firearm and €100,000 cash in Monaghan and Louth
The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized cannabis herb valued at €1,120,000 with a firearm, ammunition and €100,000 in suspected crime proceeds in searches in Monaghan and Louth on 23 January 2021, arresting a man and a woman who were charged two days later.
At about 12pm on Saturday 23 January 2021, officers of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, supported by the Garda Dog Unit, searched premises in counties Monaghan and Louth during investigations into people suspected of involvement in organised crime.[1][2]They seized cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €1,120,000, one firearm with ammunition, and €100,000 in cash suspected to be the proceeds of crime.[1][2]A 29-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and detained at Castleblayney Garda station.[1][2]Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll said organised crime groups kept operating through the COVID-19 pandemic and that the seizure would help disrupt and potentially dismantle the groups targeted.[1][2]
Both arrested people were then charged and were due to appear before Monaghan District Court on the morning of Monday 25 January 2021.[3]
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Cannabis with an estimated street value of €1.2 million seized with a firearm and ammunition, in an An Garda Síochána handout photographPhoto details
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