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16/03/2012
€950,000 Drug Siezure
Gardaí have arrested two men and seized drugs valued at almost €1 million during a joint investigation by gardaí and Customs officials yesterday.
They discovered 75kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €900,000 and approximately 10,000 tablets that gardaí suspect of being a controlled substance, during the search of a dwelling in Rathcoole, Co Dublin.
The estimated total value of the seizure is €950,000.
Two men aged 49 and 34 were arrested and taken to Clondalkin Garda station where they were being held last night.
The seizure was as a result of an intelligence-led investigation by officers from Revenue’s Customs Service based at Dublin Port and the Garda National Drugs Unit, with assistance from Tallaght and Store Street Garda stations.
They discovered 75kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €900,000 and approximately 10,000 tablets that gardaí suspect of being a controlled substance, during the search of a dwelling in Rathcoole, Co Dublin.
The estimated total value of the seizure is €950,000.
Two men aged 49 and 34 were arrested and taken to Clondalkin Garda station where they were being held last night.
The seizure was as a result of an intelligence-led investigation by officers from Revenue’s Customs Service based at Dublin Port and the Garda National Drugs Unit, with assistance from Tallaght and Store Street Garda stations.
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