03/10/2013

Three Arrested And Heroin Seized In Co Dublin

Heroin with an estimated street value of €650,000 has been seized and three men arrested by gardaí in Co Dublin.

Gardaí have said that following an intelligence-led operation three men, aged in their 30s, were stopped and searched on Crumlin Road, Dublin 12 on Wednesday at around 18:30. The men were subsequently arrested.

An apartment in West Part, Rathcoole, was searched a short time after the arrests uncovering the haul of heroin.

The arrests were made as part of an operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Dublin South Central area, garda have said.

(MH/CD)

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