Latest consignment, of €3 million, returned to exchequer by Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, on a par with some annual returns by Criminal Assets Bureau
raids targeting drug gangs that the amount of money being returned to the exchequer by the force’s leading anti-drug unit is, at times, on a par with the
While Cab was established in the 1990s for the specific purpose of seizing criminal assets, the GNDOCB combats all aspects of the drugs trade and organised crime generally. “The bulk of the €20 million in cash that we have lodged to the exchequer account following the conclusion of criminal proceedings is the proceeds of drug trafficking,” said the head of GNDOCB, Det Chief Supt Seamus Boland. “It represents a portion of the cash handed over by people engaged in casual drug use across the country.
In a statement, Garda Headquarters said the seized cash had originated from drug purchases by “those whose lives are now destroyed by lifelong drugs addictions” and others using drugs “in a recreational environment”. It added people who buy drugs “should know that their action is directly linked to the human misery and carnage” caused by crime and funding the lifestyles of major drug dealers.
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