{"id":403963,"date":"2026-04-17T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403963\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:32:08","slug":"gardai-auction-e1-4m-gold-bullion-seized-from-kazakhstani-drug-gang-in-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403963\/","title":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed auction \u20ac1.4m gold bullion seized from Kazakhstani drug gang in Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is auctioning gold bullion seized from a Kazakhstani drugs gang that was operating in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The main player in the group absconded when he was bailed and is on the run despite facing 10 charges in the Republic, according to The Irish Times.<\/p>\n<p>However, his wife and mother-in-law, who a court was told were afraid of the man, were jailed for their role in the gang\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>The gold, valued at \u20ac1.4 million, was seized during intelligence-led searches in Dublin in 2024 by the Dublin Crime Response Team.<\/p>\n<p>An online auction of the gold, run by Wilsons Auctions on behalf of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, opened at 1pm on Friday and closes at 1pm on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The items being sold are available for viewing on the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonsauctions.com\/auctions\/unreserved-gold-bullion-auction-3470\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Holohan, Detective Inspector based in the Dublin Metropolitan (DMR) said: &#8220;Recovering and returning the proceeds of crime is a key part of disrupting organised criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This auction ensures that seized assets are processed transparently, with all funds ultimately going back to the State where they belong.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na is auctioning gold bullion seized from a Kazakhstani drugs gang that was operating in Ireland.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-403963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}