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23/01/2009
Separate Operations Turn Up €500,000 Of Drugs
Two separate Gardaí operations conducted yesterday have recovered almost half a million euro in illegal drugs.
In the first operation last night, Gardaí from the North Central Drugs Unit in Dublin carried out a search of a car at Bellewstown Co Meath.
During the course of the search, 3kg of Cocaine was discovered. A 52-year-old man was subsequently arrested and is currently detained at Store St Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.
In a follow up search at a premises on Oxmantown Road, Dublin 7, 10kg of Cannabis was recovered.
The total amount of drugs seized during the operation has a potential street value of €300,000.
In a separate search, as part of an ongoing operation targeting drug dealing in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin, detectives carried out a search of a premises in the Cloverhill area at around 7.30pm yesterday evening.
During the course of the search 1kg of Heroin with a potential street value of €200,000 was seized.
A 45-year-old man has been arrested and is currently detained at Ballyfermot Garda Station under Section 2 Drug Trafficking Act.
(DW/BMcC)
In the first operation last night, Gardaí from the North Central Drugs Unit in Dublin carried out a search of a car at Bellewstown Co Meath.
During the course of the search, 3kg of Cocaine was discovered. A 52-year-old man was subsequently arrested and is currently detained at Store St Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.
In a follow up search at a premises on Oxmantown Road, Dublin 7, 10kg of Cannabis was recovered.
The total amount of drugs seized during the operation has a potential street value of €300,000.
In a separate search, as part of an ongoing operation targeting drug dealing in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin, detectives carried out a search of a premises in the Cloverhill area at around 7.30pm yesterday evening.
During the course of the search 1kg of Heroin with a potential street value of €200,000 was seized.
A 45-year-old man has been arrested and is currently detained at Ballyfermot Garda Station under Section 2 Drug Trafficking Act.
(DW/BMcC)
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