Crime gangs lose €8m cash and €65m drugs to Gardaí's anti-gangland operations

Crime bosses have lost more than €8m in cash, €65m worth of drugs and almost 100 luxury vehicles as a result of Garda anti-gangland operations in the last year.

Dozens of high-powered weaponry, including submachine guns and assault rifles, have been also seized, and eight people have been charged in connection with the Kinahan-Hutch feud murders.

In a lengthy briefing on organised crime, Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said that a year ago, after the Regency Hotel attack, she had stated that it would take “time, money and resources to really tackle organised crime”.