Garda anti-gang units have delivered a blow to one of the country’s biggest drug traffickers

Reducing drug deaths has been made a national priority for An Garda Síochána under a new operation similar to the high-profile crackdown on burglaries.

Garda anti-gang units have seized around €400,000 in cash from an Eastern European organised crime network.

A Dutch man with an address in Andorra has been remanded in custody following his arrest for money laundering at an upmarket Dublin 4 office block.

Fraud offences reported to gardaí have increased by more than 35% over the last year, rising from 5,779 to 7,805 up to September this year.

Gardaí have seized €900,000 worth of drugs and arrested three people in Louth.

Gardaí said a premises in the Clondalkin area was searched yesterday as a result of an intelligence-led operation.

A man has been arrested following the discovery of cannabis worth €70,000 in Co Cork.

He told RTÉ radio’s Morning Ireland the drugs issue is being tackled in many ways.

Two men are still in Garda custody after a drug seizure in Co Louth.

Two men, aged 57 and 42, from the UK and Northern Ireland were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

It is part of an intelligence-led operation targeting an international organised crime group.

A 60-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the operation.

Garda fraud experts have made a third arrest as part of a major investigation into a fraudulent operation worth an estimated €29m run by an organised crime gang.

One person has been arrested after Gardaí carried out a search of a residence in the Dublin 1 area today.

Gardai have arrested a man, aged 56, and seized €390,000 worth of cannabis in Dublin as part of an intelligence led operation.

The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau found the heroin and cocaine during two raids in Clondalkin and Ballyfermot.

The heroin and cocaine was recovered during two searches in the Clondalkin and Ballyfermot areas.

Gardaí investigating organised crime in north Dublin have seized weapons and made an arrest.

Searches were carried out in a joint operation at the weekend involving members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the UK’s National Crime Agency.

A man charged in connection with the seizure of drugs worth €1m will appear in court tomorrow.

The British National Crime Agency highlighted its “close working relationship” with Gardaí in assisting with the interception of a major heroin haul in Ireland.

Investigations are ongoing, nationally and internationally.

With Electric Picnic nearing, the Garda’s top drug officer talks to Cormac O’Keeffe about drugs, festivals and testing.

The illegal drugs were hidden in electrical equipment which had originated in the UK.

Gardaí investigating organised crime have arrested a man in connection with a €29m fraud investigation.

The search was carried out as part of ongoing investigations into organised crime groups operating in the Coolock area.

Revenue officers have seized approximately 1kg of herbal cannabis following a search, under warrant, of a property in Lucan, Co. Dublin today.

On Thursday, gardaí investigating organised crime seized drugs and weapons worth more than €1m.

Gardaí have carried out three raids in Drogheda, Dublin and Limerick in the past three days.

A three-man "hit for hire team", which included an Afghan war veteran, were planning to kill a member of the Hutch family before they were intercepted by gardaí just 250 metres from the "intended target's" home in Dublin's north inner city, the Special Criminal Court was told today.

Two puppies have been seized in Dublin Port, Revenue have said.

Revenue officers seized approximately 900g of herbal cannabis following a search, under warrant, of a property in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, they have confirmed.

Gardaí suspect that a major haul of cannabis herb – 98kgs in weight – confiscated in west Dublin was about to be driven across the border.

Farms, houses and commercial premises were searched in Kilkenny, Sligo, Westmeath, Sligo and Leitrim this morning.

Two gardaí have been honoured by Spanish police for their work in fighting gangland crime.

An 18-year-old youth has been denied bail after a loaded sub-machine gun and a silencer were found wrapped in a tea towel in a wheelie bin in Dublin.

A third man was arrested yesterday by gardaí investigating the recovery of a firearm during an intelligence-led operation in Ballyfermot earlier this week.