14 people have been arrested and over 60 searches have been carried out by Gardai targeting organised crime in Limerick Clare and Tipperary today.
Properties in all three counties were searched from early this morning by over 170 Gardai from a number of counties and supported by a range of agencies, as part of Operation Coronation.
More than 170 members of An Garda Siochana based in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary took part in searches of 67 properties in all three counties, from 6 o’clock this morning.
They were supported by the Criminal Assets Bureau, Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, the Emergency Response Unit, the Armed Response Unit and the Regional Dog Unit.
Three teams of Irish Army Search Engineers, the Army EOD team and the Army Helicopter also supported the operation.
14 people have been arrested and are being detained in Garda custody in relation to this operation.
Operation Coronation was established to target organised criminality in Limerick city and its environs.
It focusses on organised extended criminality, drug trafficking and the financial returns achieved from this type of activity through money laundering.
During the operation Gardaí seized the following:
Approximately €220,000.00 in euros, sterling, dirham (UAE currency) and old Irish currency.
Deeds to a property in Dubai.
One car valued at approximately €50,000.00.
€100,000 worth of jewellery and luxury watches.
High-value clothing items.
Significant evidence to support the investigation including financial accounts and property documentation.
€23,500 of suspected drugs.
Two cocaine presses.
Two bank accounts have also been frozen containing sums in excess of €119,000.
