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Mafia boss Owen Maguire’s ASSOCIATES took another major hit after Gardai seized drugs worth € 1.1 million and € 550,000 in cash.
A major operation by Garda’s National Office of Drugs and Organized Crime saw raids in the northeast, in Meath and Louth, as well as in Dublin and Wexford.
But the Irish Sun may reveal that they came after officers pounced on a number of cars in the Donore Road and North Road areas of Drogheda, Co Louth, after a cash dip yesterday morning.
Beforehand, part of the half-million seized was observed changing hands outside Spar on Donore Road.
Two men, 50 and 39, and a 43-year-old woman were arrested and detained last night at Dublin’s Garda stations on “suspicion of improving the ability of an organized crime gang to commit a serious crime.”
A property linked to one of the suspects was raided in Finglas, west of Dublin, in a follow-up search where a kilo of cocaine and prescription illegal drugs believed to be sleeping pills were discovered.
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In a separate search associated with the same man in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath saw € 30,000 in cash, a vacuum packaging machine and a Rolex watch seized.
The total amount of drugs after searches in Meath, Louth, Dublin and Wexford was € 1.1m and the cash totaled € 550,000.
While three vehicles, six high-value watches, two encrypted communications devices, and two signal blocking devices were also caught.
All three arrested suspects live in Co Meath.
Gardai believes that drugs are linked to associates of Maguire and Cornelius Price, one side of the Drogheda dispute, where two gangs have gone to war over drug control in the northeast.
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A source said: “This was a huge operation that targeted dangerous people who are making a lot of money from selling drugs.
“Seizures like these affect gangs, particularly in modern times.
“They find it more difficult than ever to operate, move drugs and weapons because there are checkpoints everywhere and more gardai than ever on the streets and on patrol.”
This is the second major success that Maguire and Price’s partners have had in recent weeks.
In April, a seizure of more than € 2 million was seized and Gardai believed that the majority were targeting the enemies of the murderous psychopath Robbie Lawlor.
Speaking yesterday, Chief Superintendent of Detectives Angela Willis, head of Garda’s National Office of Drugs and Organized Crime, praised Gardai.
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The senior officer said: “The Garda National Office of Drugs and Organized Crime continues to pursue those involved in serious and organized crime, while the movement restrictions associated with the coronavirus are in place, leading to another successful outcome of an operation, which involves the seizure of considerable amounts of controlled drugs and cash and other assets that are considered proceeds of crime and the arrest of three suspects. “
Gardai confirmed last night that the suspects were in custody.
A spokesperson said: “Two men, ages 50 and 39, and a woman, 43, were arrested on suspicion of improving the ability of an organized crime gang to commit a serious crime, contrary to the provisions of section 72 of the Criminal Justice Law 2006
All three are currently detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act of 2007 at Garda stations in Dublin. “
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