Six Irish Guards Arrested as Part of UK Drugs and Money Laundering Probe

A warrant officer of the 1st battalion Irish Guards inspects them prior to a visit by the Duke of Cambridge in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle on May 17, 2022.Richard Pohle/The Times/PA

Six British Army soldiers with the Irish Guards regiment and a former member of the Coldstream Guards have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and money laundering offences.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued a statement that said: “As part of a planned operation the Royal Military Police arrested six Irish Guards soldiers and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran from across the UK on suspicion of conspiracy to supply drugs and money lending and laundering offences.”