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18/01/2013
Drugs With Street Value Of €7m Seized
Drugs worth an estimated €7m have been seized in three connected raids undertaken by the garda national drugs unit against a major drugs trafficking gang.
The first seizure came when armed officers stopped and searched two cars on the outskirts of Naas.
35kg of heroin, diamorphine and cocaine, with a street value of up to €5.5m, were found in the cars.
A further 10kg of cocaine was recovered in follow-up searches of houses in Celbridge in north Kildare and Palmerstown in west Dublin.
20kg of herbal cannabis and 1kg of diamorphine, with a street value of more than €1.2m, was also found.
Two men, one aged 30 and the other 31, are being questioned by officers at Naas garda station.
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The first seizure came when armed officers stopped and searched two cars on the outskirts of Naas.
35kg of heroin, diamorphine and cocaine, with a street value of up to €5.5m, were found in the cars.
A further 10kg of cocaine was recovered in follow-up searches of houses in Celbridge in north Kildare and Palmerstown in west Dublin.
20kg of herbal cannabis and 1kg of diamorphine, with a street value of more than €1.2m, was also found.
Two men, one aged 30 and the other 31, are being questioned by officers at Naas garda station.
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