Bank manager may have been blackmailed

GARDAÍ are investigating whether a bank manager was blackmailed into laundering money for a notorious drug dealing gangster and his associates.

The bank manager, in his 40s and from North Dublin, was arrested late last week and questioned by Criminal Assets Bureau investigators about allegedly laundering money for criminals linked to Amsterdam-based Dubliner George Mitchell.

A file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecution, who will decide whether charges will be pressed against the bank manager.