Gardaí seize over €236,000 in Dublin money laundering raid
Gardaí investigating significant ATM withdrawals across Dublin and Cork between 11 August and 9 September 2025 seized €236,855 in cash in a Lucan raid on 15 September 2025, bringing the total cash seized in the investigation to €322,855. The withdrawals involved bank cards linked to accounts in Poland and Norway. A man in his early 30s was arrested under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 and remains in Garda custody, while a woman in her mid-30s was arrested at a Dublin residence under the same legislation and released without charge, with a file to be prepared for the DPP. Gardaí say the investigation is ongoing.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Gardaí seized €236,855 in cash and 660 zloty in a Lucan raid on 15 September 2025, bringing the total cash seized in the investigation to €322,855.
- The ATM withdrawals involved bank cards linked to accounts in Poland and Norway.
- A man in his early 30s was arrested under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 and remains in Garda custody under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007.
- A woman in her mid-30s was arrested at a residence in Dublin under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 and was released without charge, with a file to be prepared for the DPP.
- Where
- A vehicle was located and searched in the Lucan area of Dublin on 13 September 2025, and a search at a residence in Cork recovered additional cash, foreign currency, false identification documents, bank cards and mobile phones.
- When
- The ATM withdrawals occurred across Dublin and Cork between 11 August and 9 September 2025.
- The operation began on 11 September 2025 when the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau received information about the cash withdrawals.
- Other details
- Gardaí say the investigation is ongoing.
13 statements extracted from the articles
- whatGardaí seized €236,855 in cash in a Lucan raid on Monday 15 September 2025 (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA total of €322,855 in cash has been seized during the investigation (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe cash withdrawals involved bank cards linked to accounts in Poland and Norway (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA man in his early 30s was arrested under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA woman in her mid-30s was arrested at a residence in Dublin under the same legislation (irishmirror.ie)
- what660 Polish zloty was seized in the Lucan raid (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe man remains detained in Garda custody under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe woman was released without charge and a file will be prepared for the DPP (irishmirror.ie)
- whereA vehicle was located and searched in the Lucan area of Dublin on Saturday 13 September 2025 (irishmirror.ie)
- whereA search at a residence in Cork recovered additional cash, foreign currency, false identification documents, bank cards and mobile phones (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe ATM withdrawals occurred across Dublin and Cork between 11 August and 9 September 2025 (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe operation began on Thursday 11 September 2025 when GNECB received information (irishmirror.ie)
- otherGardaí say investigations are ongoing (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 16 Sep2025Gardai probing 'significant' ATM withdrawals seize over €235k in Dublin raid
Details of the GNECB money laundering operation including the Lucan raid, Cork residence search, vehicle search, and arrests of a man and woman under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006.
suspect, early 30s, malesuspect, mid-30s, female