16/07/2014

Five Arrested Over €500,000 Drug Seizure

Gardaí in Dublin have seized drugs worth an estimated €500,000 following the arrest of four men on the Crumlin Road on Tuesday.

Approximately 50,000 suspected ecstasy tablets, equipment and chemicals used for the manufacture of tablets, were discovered during follow up searches at a number of premises in Tallaght and Clondalkin.

A fifth person, a female aged in her 20s, was arrested during a search in Clondalkin.

Garda say that the finds are being examined.

(MH/IT)

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