Garda operation part of major investigation into drugs gang in the area
Gardaí have seized a fleet of vehicles, valued at up to €600,000, from a south Dublin business as part of a major investigation into a drug dealing gang in the area.
The Irish Times witnessed a team of gardaí move in on the business early on Thursday morning. Gardaí used car transporters to take the vehicles from the premises, which is situated in an affluent middle-class suburb. One significant feature of the criminal investigation now under way is the identification of a suspected “VAT carousel fraud” scam. This involves the abuse of VAT cross-border trading rules in a bid to generate money that is then illegally retained by the criminals involved.
Last February, 37 searches were carried out in Dublin and Wicklow as part of the same investigation. Cocaine valued at €3.1 million was seized along with €353,000 in cash, eight vehicles valued at €200,000 and some €280,000 frozen in bank accounts. Other assets seized included jewellery, electronic devices, laptops, and smartphones.
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