Gardaí seek to freeze accounts in drugs probe

DETECTIVES investigating what is believed to be a major international drugs money-laundering operation are to apply to the courts to examine bank statements and freeze some accounts.

Senior garda sources said they wanted to establish money trails and examine “the income and expenditure and lifestyles,” of a number of people, not just a Cork husband and wife arrested last Saturday as part of the ongoing operation.

The couple, who are in their 40s, were still being questioned at Bandon Garda Station yesterday under the provisions of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act, which was enacted last year.