13/05/2015

Men Arrested And Drugs Seized In Inner City Raids

Two men have been arrested and drugs seized during a planned search of a property in Dublin's inner city on Tuesday morning.

Gardaí said that the search was part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs.

During a search at Oliver Bond House, heroin with an estimated street value of €90,000 was seized.

A male in his late 20’s was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Kevin Street Garda Station.

In a follow up search at a second residence cannabis with an estimated street value of €5,000 was seized and a 2nd male, aged in his 30's, was arrested. He was detained at Kilmainham Garda Station under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, but has since been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(MH/CD)

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