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A father and son from West Dublin remained in garda custody tonight after they were arrested with € 200,000 in cash following a surveillance operation by detectives this morning.
The duo from the Rowlagh area of Clondalkin are not considered a major player in terms of organized crime, but sources say they are linked to one of the capital’s most notorious drug gangs.
A series of follow-up searches occurred after the massive cash raid that Gardaí announced details of in a statement earlier.
“As part of an ongoing investigation targeting serious organized criminal activity, a gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organized Crime Office (GNDOCB) intercepted a vehicle on the M4 motorway in West Dublin this morning, Thursday 5 November 2020 at approximately 7:30 a.m. ” said a spokeswoman.
“Gardaí made a search of the vehicle and its occupants. During the search, cash worth € 200,000 was seized (subject to recount).
“Two men, aged 24 and 47, were arrested for the crime of money laundering in accordance with article 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Law of 2010.
“Both men are currently detained under article 4 of the 1984 Criminal Justice Act at Lucan Garda Station.
“Investigations are ongoing,” he explained.
“You have to remember that a substantial cash seizure like this is much more damaging than a drug seizure for the gang,” said a source.
“It would have taken a lot of time and effort for the organized crime gang to get the 200,000 euros and now they are gone,” added the source.
The suspected cash control mafia has ties to the Kinahan cartel and has grown into one of the capital’s largest drug gangs in the last five years.
Today’s seizure is one of the largest against him sine gardai seized a large quantity of cocaine and encrypted mobiles phones in a major raid last March.
The leader of the mafia is a crack cocaine dealer.
The bully was previously arrested in connection with the murder of Dean Johnson (21), an innocent victim of the Clondalkin dispute who was shot to death in 2013.
Since Johnson’s assassination, Gardai believes this thug has “climbed the crime ladder” and has become a high-ranking member of the Clondalkin-based organized crime gang.
The drug lord and his gang were involved in a bitter local dispute with James ‘Nellie’ Walsh and his associates, which claimed four lives before tensions in the dispute eased early last year with the mob being the targets of the Today’s operation is coming up. on top.
In September 2017, two ‘blood brothers’, Darragh Nugent (36) and John Gibson (27), were shot dead within a week of each other as part of the feud.
They were aligned with ‘Nellie’ Walsh, but Gibson was not considered a major player and may have been a target due to his relationship with a female relative of Walsh.
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