Three arrested as hundreds of thousands of euros of cannabis, cocaine, tablets and MDMA seized
Two men, aged 30s and 60s and a woman, aged 60s, have been arrested in connection with this seizure
Two men and a woman have been arrested after gardaí seized hundreds of thousands of euros of cannabis, cocaine, tablets and MDMA as well as thousands in cash.
During an operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Coolock area on Sunday morning, the search of a residential premises was carried out by personnel from the Coolock District Drugs Unit with assistance from the Dog Unit.
During the course of this search approximately €400,000 of suspected cannabis, €230,000 of cocaine, €60,000 of Valium and €2,000 of MDMA was recovered and approximately €57,000 in cash was also recovered.
All drugs seized will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for further analysis.
Two men, aged 30s and 60s and a woman, aged 60s, have been arrested in connection with this seizure. All three are detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Garda Stations in the DMR North.
A spokesperson for gardaí told the Irish Mirorr that investigations are ongoing.
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on July 2, 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, and local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.
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