Seven men remain in custody following a series of Garda raids last Monday targeting a major drug-trafficking gang in Dublin.
Thirteen men were questioned by gardaí in five counties following one of the biggest operations against organised crime in recent years.
Some 300 gardaí met at Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park, Dublin, and in Wexford and Cork stations from 4am on Monday before raiding over 30 locations.
The target of the so-called “super raid” was a drug-trafficking gang based mainly around Sheriff Street in Dublin’s north inner city but with criminal contacts nationally.
The gang has been involved in a feud in recent years with another faction also based in Sheriff Street. The feud has cost five lives, two of them this year.
Those originally arrested ranged in age from 17 to 61. A man in his 20s and a 17-year-old youth have already been before the courts and granted bail.
A Garda spokeskman said seven men remained in custody as of today. Six are being questioned at Store Street station in Dublin and the seventh is detained in Wexford.