Gardaí investigate Hutch link to seizure

Gardaí are investigating whether the latest massive drug seizure is connected to the Hutch criminal grouping.

Two of the four people arrested, believed to be significant players in the drug trafficking gang, have connections to Dublin’s north inner city and one has close links with the leaders of the Hutch outfit.

The development comes as a report being drafted for a government taskforce on the north inner city is set to call for an increase in “visible and consistent policing” and a “strengthened focus on local drug enforcement”.