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Man (20s) arrested as gardai seize cash, car, jewellery and designer goods in Dublin raid

The man was arrested at the scene of a house search in the Balmayne area and brought to a Dublin Garda station

Yesterday at 14:06

​A man was arrested after cash, a car, jewellery and designer shoes and clothing were seized during a Garda raid in Dublin 13 yesterday afternoon.

The man, in his 20s was arrested at the scene of a house search in the Balmayne area and brought to a Dublin Garda station.

Gardai said that officers raided the house shortly after 2.30pm as a result of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the J District, which includes Raheny, Clontarf and Howth.

“Gardaí arrested one man and a number of items including cash, car and jewellery were seized,” the Garda Press office stated.

A total of €14,110 in cash was seized in addition to a Volkswagen Golf R Line valued at over €40,000, €2,000 of designer shoes and clothing, and a gold bracelet valued at €4,500.

A mobile phone, weighing scales and other items of evidential value were also seized.

“A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene and detained at a Garda station in the Dublin region under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984,” gardai added.

“He has since been released without charge and a file is being prepared for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

“Investigations are ongoing.”

Gardai posted photographs of the various seizures on the Garda Síochána Dublin Facebook page