Drug raid finds €250k in mattress

An estimated €250,000 in cash that was seized as part of an Irish-Australian police operation into drug trafficking was found literally stuffed inside the mattress of a bed.

Drug raid finds €250k in mattress
Wed, 18 Apr, 2018 - 01:00
Cormac O’Keeffe

A woman, aged 24, was sleeping on her bed when members of the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB) raided her home in Drumcondra, north Dublin, yesterday morning.

The woman and five men aged between 27 and 31 were arrested on suspicion of money laundering in relation to the trafficking of cocaine into Australia and New Zealand.

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