The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) conducted a search operation in Co. Westmeath this morning, Thursday 15th April 2021, with assistance from the Eastern Region Armed Response Unit.
A total of three searches were conducted at one residential and two professional addresses.
The search operation resulted in the seizure of the following items:
• A 211 registration BMW (valued at approximately €50,000)
• €12,000 in cash
• A bank account containing €9,400 was also restrained.
This morning’s search operation was a significant development in an ongoing Criminal Assets Bureau investigation targeting an Organised Crime Group, based in the midlands, involved in the sale and supply of controlled drugs.
The Criminal Assets Bureau seized a BMW car, a significant sum of cash and froze a bank account during a search operation in Co. Westmeath this morning. The search is part of an ongoing operation targeting organised crime in the midlands. pic.twitter.com/wsuShXIeAA
— Garda Info (@gardainfo) April 15, 2021
