Nine arrested, drugs seized during joint Garda/PSNI operation targeting the INLA

Gardaí and the PSNI said this particular Joint Agency Task Force operation has been ongoing since last summer

The Garda Armed Support Unit took part in the searches in Donegal and Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

Gardaí have searched seven properties in Dublin and Donegal as part of a two-day cross-border investigation targeting organised crime connected to the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).

Working as part of the Joint Agency Task Force (JATF), officers from local detective and drug units, the Special Detective Unit, the Armed Support Unit, and the Garda Dog Unit conducted the searches in the towns of Kerrykeel and Buncrana in Donegal, and Finglas in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon.