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€1.2m in cash found in boot of car during garda operation
Summary
In a High Court hearing on 14 May 2018, Justice Carmel Stewart ruled that €1.2 million in cash found in the boot of a car seized during a Garda Intelligence operation was the proceeds of crime. The money was recovered by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in August 2017 from a vehicle driven by haulier John Fitzgerald, who had been stopped at a Garda checkpoint in Ballyvergal, Carlow. After the seizure, CAB obtained a High Court freezing order and placed the cash in a bank account. Grainne O'Neill Bl, acting for CAB, told the judge that the money was linked to illegal cigarettes and drugs and that Fitzgerald had been transporting it out of the country for an unknown recipient. Fitzgerald admitted to Gardai that he had collected the cash and would receive €7,000 for moving it abroad, claiming he was doing so because his own business was in difficulty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: €1.2m in cash found in boot of car during garda operation. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- August 25th, 2017 Incident
- 2018-05-14 Publication
Why: Mr Fitzgerald said he was moving the cash because his own business was in difficulty. CNI source report
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Topics
Drugs Stage Hearing Or Decision
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