Gardaí have frozen €410,000 worth of cryptocurrency and arrested one man in connection with an organised crime investigation in Galway.
On Monday, Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a home in Doughiska.
The raid was backed by the Regional Armed Support Unit and personnel attached to Millstreet Garda Station.
As part of this operation, two cryptocurrency accounts containing $410,000 have been frozen, along with an account at a local financial institution holding over €20,000.
A male in his 20s was arrested and is currently being detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 at a Garda station in the North Western Region.
Gardaí have said that this investigation is ongoing, and that further updates will follow.
