Laois was among a number of areas where the Criminal Assets Bureau carried out raids last week.
The search operation took place in the DMR West, DMR South, Laois and Kildare Regions on Friday April 29.
It targeted the commercial activities of a significant Dublin based Organised Crime Gang involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.
While Gardai would not confirm where in Laois was searched, they said that the searches were conducted with the assistance of The Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU), Ronanstown and Lucan District Detective Units, Naas District Detective Unit and the Customs Revenue Dog Unit.
Ten separate locations consisting of four residential addresses, four business addresses including a licensed premises and two professional premises were searched.
The following was seized during the course of the searches: One Hublot Watch, One Rolex Watch, One Breitling Watch, Designer clothing, Designer handbags, Assorted sums of cash at each of the search sites totalling €22,000; Documents, records, hard drives and electronic devices.
A spokesperson said: “No arrests were made during the course of this operation.
“This search operation targeted the commercial activities of a significant Dublin based Organised Crime Gang involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.
“This action is noteworthy in the context of an on-going proceeds of crime investigation targeting the assets and commercial interests of key individuals suspected of participating in and directing organised criminality.”
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