CAB raids connected to QIH intimidation

The CAB investigation is focused on the assets of members of the Organised Criminal Group responsible for these crimes.

Computers, along with documentation relating to financial matters and property ownership have been seized during searches connected to the harassment of senior officials at Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH).

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) with the assistance of the Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the Garda Stolen Motor Vehicle Investigation Unit (SMVIU) and the Revenue Customs Dog Unit were involved in conducting the searches on Friday, November 20.

The CAB investigation is focused on the assets of members of the Organised Criminal Group responsible for these crimes.

Today’s searches represent a “significant development” in the CAB investigation.

A number of properties were searched as part of today’s operation, including residential dwellings, and business and professional premises.

During the course of this operation, a number of electronic devices, including mobile phones and computers, along with documentation relating to financial matters and property ownership was seized.

“This search operation was conducted as part of the Criminal Assets Bureau’s investigation into events which commenced circa January 2015, which include the harassment of senior officials of a commercial entity known as Quinn Industrial Holdings, which escalated from 2016 onwards to include criminal damage, assault causing harm, false imprisonment, blackmail and extortion,” a spokesperson for An Garda Siochana said.