Retired senior garda arrested in gangland probe

A statement relating to the operation was issued earlier by the Garda Press Office. File Picture: Picture Dan Linehan

A retired senior garda has been arrested under anti-gangland legislation as part of a high-level investigation into alleged linkages with a major organised crime group.

The man was apprehended in an operation by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation during which 30kgs of cannabis herb, with an estimated street value of €600,000, and €47,000 in cash was seized in searches of five premises in Dublin.