SEVEN PEOPLE HAVE been arrested in a garda crackdown on drug-related intimidation attacks.
The nationwide operation, which has been ongoing since Monday, also involved searching 16 homes and businesses.
Initially, three men aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested, as well as one woman aged in her 30s.
They have all since been released without charge pending submission of a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
A further three men aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested today.
They are currently being held at garda stations in Dublin and the Midlands.
During the course of the search operations, 12 vehicles were seized, with concealments located in a number of them, along with €32,668 in cash, 2kg of cannabis and a number of electronic devices including phones and laptops.
Several garda units, including the dog unit, the Garda National Immigration Bureau and regional crime and drugs units, were involved.
Investigations are ongoing, gardaí say.
