The Garda Criminal Assets Bureau, the Emergency Response Unit, Armed Support Unit, Garda Mounted Unit and the Special Crime Task Force carried out 10 searches in the east of the country today.
Nine searches were carried out in Dublin while one was carried out in County Wicklow early in the morning.
Approximately €28.5K in cash was seized from the properties, alongside £700, an Audi A4, BMW X5 and a Volkswagen Passat.
Moreover – authorities recovered 20 Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Tag Heuer Carrera and Luminor watches and a small quantity of drugs suspected to be cocaine and cannabis resin.
Gardaí have confirmed over €20K has been frozen in financial institutions and investigating officers also seized a Presidium Diamond testing kit which is used to verify the quantity of gems.
So far no arrests have been made.
