23/04/2013

Two Held Following Cannabis Find In Lucan

A man and woman have been arrested after detectives seized drugs worth an estimated value of €400,000 in Lucan, west Dublin.

The cannabis was recovered following a raid at a house in the Hillcrest Heights area on Monday night.

A man in his late 20s and a woman in her early 20s were arrested at the scene.

They are being detained at Ronanstown and Lucan Garda Stations under the Drug Trafficking Act.

(CD)

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