The searches were carried out as part of an operation targeting organised criminal activity
Gardaí in Limerick have seized a whopping amount of cash, drugs and firearms, arresting a number of people and carrying out a controlled explosion on a suspicious device as part of an operation targeting organised criminal activity.
During the course of these searches, cash in excess of €11,310 was seized as well as approximately €53,100 in suspected cocaine, €20,000 in suspected cannabis and €4,650 in suspected alprazolam and controlled medication tablets. Four suspected firearms and ammunition have also been seized. Five men were arrested during the course of this operation for offences under provisions of the Criminal Law Act, 1997, and detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at Garda Stations in the Limerick Region.
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