The Criminal Assets Bureau has seized three homes linked to a Chinese crime group who made millions by operating cannabis growhouses across the country. One drug operation alone made nearly €2m over a 40-month period, with the gang managing growhouses in both Ireland and the UK. The High Court this week ruled that four assets linked to the gang, worth around €500,000, were acquired in connection with the proceeds of crime. This included properties in Dublin, Tipperary and Cork as well as a bank account containing €40,000. Three Chinese nationals, Luk Yau Kwok, Weizhong Zhang, and his wife Huijuan Xu, were said to be connected to the purchase and operating of the growhouses.