People thinking of taking ecstasy at this weekend's Electric Picnic are misguided if they think snorting supposedly “purer” ecstasy powder is safer than tablets, one of the country's leading experts on drugs has said.

The United States is seeking to extradite a young Irish man accused of being part of a hacking group known as “The Community” involved in alleged financial fraud and identity theft.

There was a surge last year in the amount of cocaine, heroin, cigarettes and illegal alcohol seized by Customs.

A 36-year-old man arrested yesterday on suspicion of money laundering offences has been released without charge.

A top lieutenant in the Kinahan crime cartel is being questioned for suspected money laundering in a major operation led by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

A Dublin man who was arrested with a loaded gun in Dublin’s north inner city was “an important and trusted member” of an organised crime gang, the non-jury Special Criminal Court has heard.

Garda figures appear to indicate a sharp rise in the quantity of cocaine being trafficked into the country, replicating trends across Europe.

A major drug trafficking outfit recently hit by the Criminal Assets Bureau is suspected of being behind the importation of a massive haul of cocaine intercepted by Garda gang units.

Gardaí in Louth have made a fresh appeal for information in relation to last weekend’s murder of teenager Cameron Reilly.

A busted “backyard” drug factory linked to the Kinahan crime cartel was capable of producing up to 7,000 ecstasy pills every hour, gardaí believe.

A €25,000 car belonging to a man whom the Criminal Assets Bureau claim is a member of a criminal gang, is the proceeds of crime, the High Court has ruled.

Four loaded weapons “primed, armed and ready” for use were among an arsenal of 15 firearms found at an “elaborate” industrial unit purporting to be a legitimate business.

Three cars worth €100k, 20 watches worth €200k, and €28,500 cash seized from drug dealing brothers.

Irish criminals in the Netherlands will be “tracked down” and “handed over to the Irish authorities”, Dutch police say.

Irish criminals in the Netherlands will be “tracked down” and “handed over to the Irish authorities”, Dutch police say.

There’s always a temptation to say a major drugs haul represents a ‘significant blow’ to the crime gang being hit. Researchers have long complained of the tendency of the media, and gardaí, to make such claims, writes Cormac O’Keeffe.

Gangs are operating a zero tolerance approach to all drug debts, no matter how small, and inflicting violence including murder, according to a new report. 

Officers seized documents including a ledger of cash payments and discovered more than €300,000 in cash in Thursday's raid.

Gardaí are examining a ledger of cash payments, which was uncovered with more than €300,000 in cash, at a Kinahan counting centre in south Dublin.

Three men charged in connection with an arms seizure in Dublin have been remanded in custody.

Gardaí are fearing “some form of spectacular” from both sides of the Kinahan-Hutch feud as the anniversary of the Regency Hotel attack approaches next week.

Gardaí and Customs have made the biggest seizure of cannabis in 20 years and suspect the under-pressure Kinahan cartel were behind the shipment.

Gardaí have pledged further joint operations with foreign police after hailing the seizures and arrest made in yesterday’s co-ordinated raids as very significant.

An innocent mother-of-three has been awarded almost €5,000 after Gardaí smashed in her doorway during a raid which proved fruitless.

Three people will appear in court this morning following the seizure of drugs worth €210,000 in County Louth.

The shocking images from the Regency Hotel of gangsters dressed as elite gardaí, brandishing military assault weapons, was a “Veronica Guerin” moment for Ireland, a Garda chief has said.

The Garda crackdown that followed the death of crusading journalist Veronica Guerin showed gangsters that they were not untouchable. Numerous arrests and the seizure of €50m of assets and €150m in taxes followed that brutal killing, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

A man in his 30s is due in court this morning charged in connection with what is believed to have been another planned gangland killing.

Gardaí assured the safety of innocent bystanders when “potential assassins” aligned with the Kinahan crime cartel were arrested en route to carrying out their hit during the Ireland-Belgium Euro 2016 game on Saturday.

Gardaí suspect that a “huge seizure” of cash — €350,000 in vacuum-packed bags — was about to be smuggled abroad to pay for a massive drugs or firearms shipment.

Gardaí have most likely saved lives and dealt a significant financial blow to one of the biggest trafficking gangs in Ireland after a major gun and drugs haul.

Three housemates are facing trial after they allegedly cut more than €17,000 of “live” electrical cable from an ESB power pylon in Co Kildare.

Around 85kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €1.7m has been seized, it was revealed today.