01/03/2013

Cannabis Worth €2m Seized And Three Arrested

Cannabis with an estimated value of almost €2m has been seized in counties Kildare and Dublin on Thursday afternoon.

Some €600,000 worth of the drugs were recovered when a van and a car were stopped by members of the Garda National Drugs Unit along with officers from the Organised Crime Unit at Castlewarden, Co Kildare.

Three men, aged 31,40 and 50, were arrested at the scene.

A follow-up search of a business premises in Cookstown, Tallaght in Dublin, uncovered a further €1.2m worth of cannabis.

The three men are being held at Clondalkin Garda Station.

(H/GK)

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