A MAJOR crime gang installed secret compartments in a fleet of vehicles to smuggle drugs across the capital.
The Irish Sun can reveal the mob – based in west Dublin – swamped communities with crack cocaine, cocaine and cannabis in recent months.
But their drug dealing network is now in ruin after officers from the Dublin Crime Response Team seized €12.8m worth of cocaine and cannabis at an industrial unit in Mountmellick, Co Laois, on Tuesday evening.
During the operation, investigators seized 182kg worth of cocaine and 4kg worth of cannabis.
Following the seizure, Gardai also swooped on properties in the Lucan and Rathcoole areas of Dublin.
Officers also seized five vehicles and €25,000 in cash.
The three men arrested are believed to be from Eastern Europe.
It’s understood they were recruited to move drugs to the west Dublin crime gang.
One source said: “The three men arrested aren’t well known figures in organised crime.
“They’re suspected of being used to bring the drugs into different areas across west Dublin.
“The operation has been going on for a number of months and has now dealt a major blow to this gang’s criminal enterprise.
The latest seizure was welcomed by Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary from the Gardai’s Dublin Metropolitan Region.
The senior officer said: “This intelligence led operation conducted by the Dublin Crime Response Team has taken down the main supply network for cocaine and crack cocaine into west Dublin.
“This operation targeting the sourcing, preparation and distribution of substantial quantities of illicit drugs stopped them from entering our communities and is another significant blow to an organised crime group.”
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