Court freezes €1m of 'Slab' cash

Nearly €1m seized by police during dawn raids on the home of former IRA chief-of-staff Thomas “Slab” Murphy in north Co Louth. Ireland has been frozen, it emerged tonight.

Court freezes €1m of 'Slab'  cash

Nearly €1m seized by police during dawn raids on the home of former IRA chief-of-staff Thomas “Slab” Murphy in north Co Louth. Ireland has been frozen, it emerged tonight.

The Criminal Assets Bureau took control of the fortune following searches at several properties skirting the Irish border as part of probes into a massive smuggling operation.

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