Issue Date: 04/08/2026
Gardaí are currently conducting a high impact day of action under Operation Meacán in the Dublin Metropolitan Region today, Tuesday 4th August 2026.
Across the region in the course of today’s operation so far, Gardaí have carried out 63 searches.
This has resulted in the seizure of:
• 38 e-bikes / e-scooters
• Three (3) scrambler motorcycles
• One (1) quad vehicle
• €8,000 in cash
• Approximately €83,000 worth of suspected drugs, pending analysis
• A sawn-off shotgun along with ammunition
Gardaí have arrested a man (20s) who is currently being detained under Section 30 of the Offences Against that State Act at a Garda Station in the Dublin Region.
The high intensity policing operation is a targeted collaborative approach by Divisional Crime Units, supported by Community Engagement Areas throughout the region, intended to meet the objectives of Operation Meacán.
Operation Meacán, which commenced in December 2023 in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, targets the use of electric motorbikes, e-scooters and e-bikes for criminal activity including drug distribution, money laundering, transporting firearms, Drug Related Intimidation (DRI) and other serious offences.
Along with today’s enforcement Gardaí also engaged with members of the public in the Dublin Region on current regulations in relation to motorcycles, e-bikes, e-scooters as well as the new regulations due to come into effect this month.
