Seven cars worth €270,000 seized in Garda money laundering investigation

Criminal Assets Bureau carried out search in Blanchardstown motor dealership

A 192 registration Tesla was among the vehicles seized by gardaí. Photograph: Criminal Assets Bureau/Facebook
A 192 registration Tesla was among the vehicles seized by gardaí. Photograph: Criminal Assets Bureau/Facebook

Seven vehicles worth collectively about €270,000 were seized by gardaí as part of an investigation into money laundering in west Dublin on Monday.

Gardaí said officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau carried out a search operation at a motor dealership in Blanchardstown.

The operation formed part of an ongoing investigation into money laundering, a Garda spokesman said.

Gardai said that the vehicles seized as part of the operation in Blanchardstown were: A 192 registration Tesla, a 202 registration Audi A4 Avant S Line, a 172 registration BMW 5 Series, 202 registration VW Golf, a 191 registration VW Golf, 172 registration Skoda Superb Sportline and 211 registration VW Tcross.

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Gardai said that no arrests had been made and investigations were ongoing.

Martin Wall

Martin Wall

Martin Wall is the former Washington Correspondent of The Irish Times. He was previously industry correspondent