Two jet skis and four Rolex watches have been seized in a series of raids across Dublin and Wexford.

The Criminal Assets Bureau is examining the purchase of lands and homes by a convicted drug dealer along the border.

A series of raids have been carried out in west Dublin today as part of a major insurance fraud crackdown.

Gardaí have arrested two men and a woman and seized a number of firearms, ammunition and drugs in an operation in Dublin this morning.

Gardaí have arrested two young brothers after they raided a house and found an “arsenal” of weaponry, including replica firearms, real ammunition, samurai swords, extendable batons, knuckle dusters and smoke bombs.

An 83-year-old great grandfather who rushed to the assistance of a manager of a bookies after three armed men tried to rob the premises has appealed to the raiders to give themselves up.

Denis O'Connor has been hailed as a hero both at home and abroad thanks to his heroics on Saturday during an armed raid at a Cork bookies.

Gardaí raided two properties today as part of an investigation targeting the alleged sale and supply of drugs in the Limerick region, sources revealed.

Gardaí have raided a number of premises which are suspected to be secretly operating as brothels in Kilkenny and Carlow.

Enforcement officers for the Information Commissioner spent nearly seven hours searching Cambridge Analytica's central London premises overnight.

A Garda raid on a home or business is just that — no more, no less. It implies no more than suspicion, and judgement of any kind cannot be reached until court proceedings conclude (if there are any.)

A couple whose family was held at gunpoint by raiders who broke into their home has called for a reform of the justice system following their captors’ sentencing.

Ten civilians including three children have been killed in a raid by US-backed Somali forces on a farm in southern Somalia, a deputy governor said, as officials displayed victims' bloodied bodies in the capital.

Gardaí arrested 24 people for crimes ranging from theft to assault in a raid in Co Kilkenny yesterday.

Two suspected wildlife smugglers have been arrested after a raid on a port warehouse in Sumatra uncovered more than 200 pangolins.

Armed police have held an anti-terror training exercise at one of Europe's biggest shopping centres.

The daughter of a Chinese man killed in a police raid in Paris says her father "never had a chance" against the officers who broke down their door and shot him.

A millionaire businessman was blasted in the leg with a shotgun in a terrifying raid by burglars who mistakenly thought he was involved in the drugs world, a jury has heard.

A Garda raid has found a huge spread of counterfeit goods, including 15 boxes of bin bags bearing the logo of a legitimate Dublin recycling company.

A suicide bomb suspect has died in an operation by Canadian police to thwart what they said was a planned attack.

Police in Spain, France and Paraguay have arrested around 14 people and freed up to 15 women as part of a joint operation against sex trafficking.

€11,000 worth of illegal cigarettes and tobacco have been seized in Dublin.

Police have carried out a series of raids across Belgium after bombs exploded at Brussels airport and in the city's subway system, killing at least 31 people.

After a four-month manhunt, police have captured the top fugitive in last year's deadly Paris attacks in the same Brussels neighbourhood where he grew up.

Belgian Prosecutors have said the Paris suspect shot dead by police during anti-terror raids was Algerian and had been in Brussels illegally.

A man has been found dead in a Brussels apartment following an anti-terror raid linked to the November 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people, according to officials in Belgium.

Gardaí have confirmed two men armed with hand guns threatened staff of a cash in transit van, at one of the country's largest shopping centres last Sunday.

A suicide bomber killed during a police raid on the suspected ringleader of November’s Paris attacks has been identified.

Seven mercury tilt switches, detonating equipment and 700 rounds of ammunition were part of a suspected dissident republican weapons haul found by police in Belfast.

Hasna Aitboulahcen lived a secular life, drinking alcohol and rarely visiting a mosque, but police say she died an extremist’s death: blowing herself up by detonating a suicide vest.

The female suicide bomber who blew herself up during a massive police raid in a Paris suburb yesterday appeared to be of Caucasian appearance with long blonde hair, according to a witness.

The suspected mastermind of the Paris terror attacks was not among eight people arrested during a police operation in Saint Denis early today.

Two men are expected to appear before a sitting of Dublin District Court later this afternoon.

Gardaí have seized two firearms, ammunition and a quantity of drugs following a search of a house at Deansrath Avenue, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Suspected heroin worth an estimated £14,000 (€19,120) has been seized during a police raid in Co Down.