Leading businessman hit in laundering probe

A top business figure has been hit in a massive garda operation targeting suspec-ted money laundering.

The main residence of the man was searched as part of 30 raids in four counties.

In an operation in the planning for months, more than 100 gardaí raided premises in Dublin, Kildare, Cork, and Louth. The operation was conducted by the force’s top organised crime and subversive units.