22/08/2019

Arrest As €24k Cannabis Seized In Dublin

A 21-year-old Irish man has been arrested after drugs worth an estimated €24,000 were seized in Dublin.

The intelligence led revenue operation saw revenue officers search an apartment in Coolock under warrant.

The herbal cannabis was found hidden in electrical equipment which had originated in the UK.

Gardaí arrested the suspect who was taken to Ballymena Garda Station and is being held under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Investigations are ongoing following the joint operation between Revenue's Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Gardaí from the Drugs Unit in Ballymena.



(JG/CM)

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