{"id":661944,"date":"2026-10-22T09:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661944\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:48:11","slug":"bmw-cars-louis-vuitton-bags-rolex-watches-seized-by-gardai-investigating-charitable-body-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661944\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW cars, Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches seized by garda\u00ed investigating charitable body \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two BMW cars worth \u20ac250,000, jewellery worth \u20ac40,000, Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches have been seized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\/\">garda\u00ed<\/a> as part of an investigation into a Dublin-based charitable organisation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A number of searches were carried out in Dublin and the eastern and southern regions on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of an investigation by detectives attached to the money laundering investigation unit at the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In a statement on Thursday, garda\u00ed said: \u201cDuring the course of the searches, garda\u00ed seized two BMW X5 cars with a total estimated value of \u20ac250,000 and other high value items including Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches and jewellery with a total estimated value of \u20ac40,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe investigation, into a Dublin-based charitable organisation, is carried out in conjunction with the office of the Charities Regulator.\u201d Investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Charities Regulator confirmed to The Irish Times that is has been assisting with the Garda investigation and is engaging with the trustees of the charity involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A spokeswoman for the regulator would not identify the charity, citing the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Two BMW cars worth &#x20AC;250,000 were seized by garda&#xED;. Photograph: An Garda S&#xED;och&#xE1;na&#10;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4AEI6U2YJJBPTCYZX4ZBQ2YRTE.png\"   width=\"800\" height=\"348\"\/>Two BMW cars worth \u20ac250,000 were seized by garda\u00ed. Photograph: An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two BMW cars worth \u20ac250,000, jewellery worth \u20ac40,000, Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches have been seized by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-661944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661944","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=661944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}