Twelve arrested in raids after Dublin shooting

Twelve men were arrested today in a massive garda crackdown on crime following the country’s latest gangland killing.

More than a dozen homes across north Dublin were searched in a series of dawn raids involving 120 gardaí.

Computers and documents were seized in the operation, along with small quantities of drugs, which have been taken away for examination.

The Garda Press Office said the raids were organised by detectives investigating the murder of Anthony Russell on Friday.

The 30-year-old suspected drug dealer was gunned down as he drank with associates in the Ardlea Inn, Artane.

The massive garda operation began shortly after 6am and involved 120 officers from the Special Detective Unit, National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Coolock gardai and other district detective units.

The 12 arrested men are all aged between 20 and 30 and were being held under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act at a number of garda stations across north Dublin.

They are being questioned at Whitehall, Santry, Clontarf, Coolock and Store Street stations.

A garda spokesman said the investigation is ongoing.