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UPDATE (2) - Joint Task Force Co-ordinated Operation at Sea, 26th September 2023

Issue Date: 28th September 2023

Gardaí investigating the detention of the Panamanian registered bulk cargo vessel, MV MATTHEW, and associated events have today arrested one man for alleged organised crime offences contrary to the Criminal Justice Act 2006.

This brings the total number of persons in Garda custody to seven.

All seven men are detained under section 50 Criminal Justice Act 2007, as part of the same investigation, at Garda stations in the Southern Region.

Investigations are ongoing.