25/04/2019

Over €700k Worth Of Drugs Seized In West Dublin

Officers from the Garda National Drugs & Crime Bureau have seized drugs worth an estimated €715,000 in two areas in Dublin.

A quantity of cocaine and cannabis herb was discovered as part of an intelligence led operation targeting organised crime in west Dublin after two cars were intercepted in the Ballyfermot area.

A number of follow up searches were also carried out and two males, aged 33 and 20, were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.



(JG/MH)

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