01/04/2011

Two Charged Over Cross-Border Drugs Seizure

Two men arrested in relation to a cross-border drugs operation have been charged.

They will appear before Dublin District Court at the CCJ, Pargate Street, at 10.30am today.

Drugs with an estimated street value of €420,000 was seized as part of an ongoing cross-border operation.

The men arrested, aged 26 and 29, were both detained in Finglas.

A large amount of cannabis was uncovered in one of three cars searched by Garda in the Finglas area of north Dublin. North of the border, the PSNI also impounded another car.

Two other men remain in custody at Ballymun Garda Station.

Around 70kg (154lb) of cannabis resin found in the operation has been sent for forensic tests.

(BMcN/GK)

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