Man admits having €350k in proceeds of crime in organised crime probe

Thomas Rooney was arrested in May last year after officers intercepted a number of vehicles in Drogheda and uncovered hundreds of thousands of euro in vacuum-packed notes

The court heard that Thomas Rooney may have to have a lung transplant and asked that the case be put in for mention on September 13. File photo: Collins Courts

A third person arrested as part of a garda investigation targeting a serious organised crime gang has pleaded guilty at the non-jury Special Criminal Court this morning to having over €350k in crime cash.

Thomas Rooney (41) was arrested in May last year after officers of the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) intercepted a number of vehicles in Drogheda and uncovered hundreds of thousands of euro in vacuum-packed notes.