Four arrested in drugs inquiry

Gardai investigating a cross-Border money-laundering operation have arrested four people.

Gardai investigating a cross-Border money-laundering operation have arrested four people.

The arrests were made in Dundalk and a bank draft for more than £100,000 was seized. Gardai suspect it was the proceeds of drug trafficking. Two of the people arrested are a couple from Dublin while the other man and woman are from Co Down and in their 40s. They were being held under the Drugs Trafficking Act.

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