Agents took the passports of Team Ireland Chef de Mission Kevin Kilty, Dermot Henihen and OCI chief executive Stephen Martin.
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The other names on the warrant include OCI officials Linda O’Reilly and Willie O’Brien.
A source had earlier told Reuters that O’Brien’s passport had already been seized.
It’s believed to be in connection with an investigation into the alleged sale of illegal tickets to the Rio 2016 Games.
According to RTE, a further three people whose passports are to be seized have been named on court documents.
The highest-profile figure swept up by investigators is Hickey, the head of the umbrella organization for Europe’s Olympic bodies.
Pat Hickey – who has stepped down as OCI President – remains in a Brazilian jail. No arrests were made.
“The OCI personnel were asked to present for questioning at a local police station on Tuesday”.
“They agreed to do so”.
Officers searching for evidence seized the devices, as well as unused tickets that were part of the OCI’s allocation for athletes’ families.
Police claim both men were part of a scheme that saw OCI tickets passed to THG via the OCI’s official ticket vendor Pro10, in order to circumvent the rejection by Rio’s organisers of THG’s application to be the OCI’s vendor.
“We are not revealing any details of this at this time. There will be a press conference on Tuesday”.
The events surrounding Pat Hickey’s arrest were “a total and absolute disgrace without a shadow of a doubt” he said.
Dublin’s Sports Minister Shane Ross returned home early from Brazil to meet with Ireland’s Attorney General about what could be done to get to the bottom of the controversy.
“His arrest has no legal support”.
Mr Hickey has been formally accused under Brazilian law of ticket touting, running a cartel and illicit marketing.
Police said he was “evasive” in interviews and no formal response has been given to the media before today.
Meanwhile, a judge in Ireland is due to be appointed this week to head an independent inquiry into the alleged ticketing scandal.
“The investigation did not bring one single slight indication that Mr Hickey could be involved with the facts therein investigated, and his detention was required by the police authority under mere assumptions”. None of the officials were arrested, the OCI added.
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The OCI have said that if Hickey is convicted, they will not pay his legal fees.
