Wheelie bin cleaner has €75,000 declared 'dirty cash'

The judgment, given by Mr Justice Alexander Owen, follows an investigation and court applications by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

A man cleaning wheelie bins has had €75,000 declared the proceeds of crime after the High Court ruled it was part of a scheme to wash dirty money.

Graham Whelan from Crumlin, south Dublin, was described by the court as a “significant importer of drugs”, associated with a “major crime gang”.