05/12/2019

Four Arrested Following Garda Searches

Four men have been arrested following searches by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.

The operation was carried out in connection with a murder in Dublin on 10 March 2018.

This morning, 05 December, arrests were made in Dublin and Louth. Four men, aged in their 20s and 30s, are due to appear before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.

Speaking today, Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll, who heads Special Crime Operations, said: "The Garda Síochána, through Special Crime Operations and the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau, in particular, continues in its unrelenting determination to bring 'threat to life' related investigations, to an appropriate conclusion."



(JG/CM)

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