Vehicles hiding drugs are driving 'in any town in the country'

Detective chief superintendent Séamus Boland said: 'We’re seizing almost on a weekly basis in our investigations regular vehicles driving around Dublin, driving around Limerick, driving around any town in the country.' Picture: Maxwell’s

Modified cars and vans stashing drugs or other contraband for organised crime are now "driving around any town in the country" and are being seized by gardaí almost weekly.

Many of these regular-looking vehicles have "specialised deep concealments", some with hydraulic entry points, head of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) Detective Chief Superintendent Séamus Boland said, and these vehicles can be evidence of someone facilitating organised crime.