30/04/2012
Two In Court Over €240,000 Cannabis Seizure
Two men are due in court today in connection with a cannabis seizure in Co Meath at the weekend.
Gardai seized drugs worth an estimated €240,000 on Friday following what they described as a planned operation targeting the activities of a north Dublin criminal gang.
The Organised Crime Unit stopped two vans on the N2 at Kenstown near Navan on Friday afternoon. Cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €84,000 was seized, and two men were arrested and held at Finglas Garda station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
In a follow-up search at a home in Navan the same day, a further quantity of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €156,000 was seized and a third man arrested.
The third man was later released without charge last night, and investigations are ongoing.
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Gardai seized drugs worth an estimated €240,000 on Friday following what they described as a planned operation targeting the activities of a north Dublin criminal gang.
The Organised Crime Unit stopped two vans on the N2 at Kenstown near Navan on Friday afternoon. Cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €84,000 was seized, and two men were arrested and held at Finglas Garda station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
In a follow-up search at a home in Navan the same day, a further quantity of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €156,000 was seized and a third man arrested.
The third man was later released without charge last night, and investigations are ongoing.
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