The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (DOCB) is a specialist national unit within the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police service, responsible for proactively targeting and investigating drug trafficking and serious organised crime both within Ireland and outside the jurisdiction.[1] The Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau has a complement of 111 Detective Gardaí and a total staff of up to 400 officers, all of whom are armed.[2][3]
The Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau was formed in February 2015 with the amalgamation of the Garda National Drugs Unit (GNDU) and Garda Organised Crime Unit (OCU) as part of the Irish government's National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016.[6] The National Drugs Unit had been operating since its creation in 1995, often working in tandem with the newer Organised Crime Unit, which was set up on a pilot basis in 2005 and became an established entity in 2008. The merger was announced by Garda CommissionerNóirín O'Sullivan during tough budgetary times in an effort to create a more effective and proactive drugs "super unit".[7] Organised and serious crime is also the responsibility of the larger Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation (NBCI), and the new bureau works closely with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) and other law enforcement agencies on the international front.
Ireland has become a gateway to the European market for international drug smuggling gangs, as well as the domestic market,[8] which has seen disputes spill over into targeted assassinations on the streets of Irish cities. Previous seizures by Gardaí, the Irish Naval Service and the Revenue Commissioners Customs have come close to topping €1 billion, with one individual seizure of cocaine off the Irish coast in 2008 estimated to be worth €750 million.[9][10] From 2009 to 2014 there have been over 700 arrests of drug dealers who were infiltrated by undercover Gardaí. There have been cases which involved members of the undercover drug unit who were so convincing posing as drug addicts that they were arrested by other undercover Gardaí who did not actually believe they were part of the undercover unit.[11]
Weaponsedit
Detectives and undercover Gardaí attached to the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau carry semi-automatic 9mm SIG Sauer P226, Walther P99 and concealable 99c pistols due to the dangerous nature of their work.
Mandateedit
The main focus of the bureau is on;
dismantling organised drug networks involved in the large scale importation and distribution of controlled substances
criminality that transcends garda divisional boundaries, including; armed robberies, hijacking of valuable loads and commodities, warehouse burglaries, "tiger kidnappings", cash-in-transit robberies and bank robberies with the use of firearms
^"An Garda Síochána - Drugs". Garda Síochána. from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^Byrne, Cormac "Over 400 now in garda drug war frontline" Herald.ieMay 7, 2011 [1] 2021-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
^. Fine Gael. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^O'Keeffe, Cormac (27 February 2015). "'Super' Garda units to tackle child abusers and gangland". Irish Examiner. from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^Schiller, Robin (13 October 2022). "Daniel Kinahan: High Court grants order for CAB to seize Dublin mansion from cartel boss". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^O'Keeffe, Cormac (7 April 2015). "TD's call for supervised drug centres welcomed". Irish Examiner. from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^O'Keeffe, Cormac (28 February 2015). "Garda drug units across country see numbers fall 30%". The Irish Examiner. from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^"Leading Garda units to merge". Irish Daily Star. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^Percival, Jenny (7 November 2008). "Irish police seize yacht with cocaine worth more than £500m". The Guardian. from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^"Cocaine haul brings total seized off Cork to €1bn". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2008. from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^"Secret garda unit posing as addicts helps put 3,000 dealers behind bars - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
External linksedit
Garda Síochána official website
November 10, 2023
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The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau DOCB is a specialist national unit within the Garda Siochana Ireland s national police service responsible for proactively targeting and investigating drug trafficking and serious organised crime both within Ireland and outside the jurisdiction 1 The Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau has a complement of 111 Detective Gardai and a total staff of up to 400 officers all of whom are armed 2 3 The bureau is based at Dublin Castle Dublin 2 and also has offices at the Garda Dublin Metropolitan Region DMR Headquarters at Harcourt Street Dublin City It is headed by a Detective Chief Superintendent and four Detective Superintendents reporting to the Assistant Commissioner in charge of the Garda National Support Services 4 Detective Chief Superintendent Seamus Boland is the current head of the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau 5 Contents 1 History 2 Weapons 3 Mandate 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau was formed in February 2015 with the amalgamation of the Garda National Drugs Unit GNDU and Garda Organised Crime Unit OCU as part of the Irish government s National Drugs Strategy 2009 2016 6 The National Drugs Unit had been operating since its creation in 1995 often working in tandem with the newer Organised Crime Unit which was set up on a pilot basis in 2005 and became an established entity in 2008 The merger was announced by Garda Commissioner Noirin O Sullivan during tough budgetary times in an effort to create a more effective and proactive drugs super unit 7 Organised and serious crime is also the responsibility of the larger Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation NBCI and the new bureau works closely with the Garda National Immigration Bureau GNIB and other law enforcement agencies on the international front Ireland has become a gateway to the European market for international drug smuggling gangs as well as the domestic market 8 which has seen disputes spill over into targeted assassinations on the streets of Irish cities Previous seizures by Gardai the Irish Naval Service and the Revenue Commissioners Customs have come close to topping 1 billion with one individual seizure of cocaine off the Irish coast in 2008 estimated to be worth 750 million 9 10 From 2009 to 2014 there have been over 700 arrests of drug dealers who were infiltrated by undercover Gardai There have been cases which involved members of the undercover drug unit who were so convincing posing as drug addicts that they were arrested by other undercover Gardai who did not actually believe they were part of the undercover unit 11 Weapons editDetectives and undercover Gardai attached to the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau carry semi automatic 9mm SIG Sauer P226 Walther P99 and concealable 99c pistols due to the dangerous nature of their work Mandate editThe main focus of the bureau is on dismantling organised drug networks involved in the large scale importation and distribution of controlled substances intelligence led surveillance and undercover operations against organised criminal groups criminality that transcends garda divisional boundaries including armed robberies hijacking of valuable loads and commodities warehouse burglaries tiger kidnappings cash in transit robberies and bank robberies with the use of firearmsSee also editCriminal Assets Bureau CAB Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation NBCI Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation GBFI References edit An Garda Siochana Drugs Garda Siochana Archived from the original on 22 June 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 Byrne Cormac Over 400 now in garda drug war frontline Herald ieMay 7 2011 1 Archived 2021 09 25 at the Wayback Machine A supervised injection centre could complement the work of the new drugs super unit in cleaning up our streets Byrne Fine Gael Archived from the original on 22 June 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 O Keeffe Cormac 27 February 2015 Super Garda units to tackle child abusers and gangland Irish Examiner Archived from the original on 22 June 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 Schiller Robin 13 October 2022 Daniel Kinahan High Court grants order for CAB to seize Dublin mansion from cartel boss Irish Independent Retrieved 3 January 2023 O Keeffe Cormac 7 April 2015 TD s call for supervised drug centres welcomed Irish Examiner Archived from the original on 17 May 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 O Keeffe Cormac 28 February 2015 Garda drug units across country see numbers fall 30 The Irish Examiner Archived from the original on 13 July 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 Leading Garda units to merge Irish Daily Star 27 February 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 Percival Jenny 7 November 2008 Irish police seize yacht with cocaine worth more than 500m The Guardian Archived from the original on 24 July 2018 Retrieved 25 September 2021 Cocaine haul brings total seized off Cork to 1bn Irish Examiner 7 November 2008 Archived from the original on 24 June 2015 Retrieved 31 May 2015 Secret garda unit posing as addicts helps put 3 000 dealers behind bars Independent ie Independent ie Archived from the original on 24 July 2018 Retrieved 24 July 2018 External links editGarda Siochana official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau amp oldid 1178581437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
