The Criminal Assets Bureau is investigating the finances of an unemployed south inner city Dublin drug dealer, his partner and his brother, and their connection to a Spanish nightclub.
The man bought, and lives in, an expensively refurbished house in Rialto. His brother is registered as a taxi driver.
CAB has discovered that they own a nightclub on the Spanish island of Ibiza, which was bought in 2015.
This morning, officers carried out a number of searches at an accountant’s office, two solicitors’ offices, a sign-making business and a beauticians run by the drug dealer’s partner.
The searches took place in Rialto, Dún Laoghaire, Francis Street and other city centre locations.
Around €4,500 in cash was seized along with two Rolex watches, a drone with recording facilities, documents, mobile phones and other electronic devices.
Gardaí say the seizures are part of an investigation into the finances of criminals involved in the wider Kinahan organised crime network, particularly at street level.
No arrests have been made and gardaí say their investigations are ongoing.
