Man (28) arrested over money-laundering of €2.8m

Garda National Economic Crime Bureau officers detain man at house in north Dublin

A man has been arrested in Dublin in connection with a case of money-laundering to the value of €2.8 million. File photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
A man has been arrested in Dublin in connection with a case of money-laundering to the value of €2.8 million. File photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto

A man has been arrested in Dublin in connection with a case of money-laundering to the value of €2.8 million.

Gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau arrested the man (28) at a house on the northside of Dublin on Wednesday morning.

He was detained at Ballymun Garda station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.

The €2.8 million is now frozen under the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Money-Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act, 2010.

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Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.