27/07/2015

Two Arrested In Connection With Drugs Find In Dublin

Two men have been arrested in connection with a drugs find in Dublin.

Gardaí stopped a truck and a car at St Margaret's Road in Finglas on Saturday shortly before 7pm.

Gardaí seized 100 kilograms of Cannabis resin, worth a street value of street value €600,000, and over 40 thousand prescription drugs.

Two men, in their 30s, were arrested .

Both men have been detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act, 1996 at Finglas Garda Station.

(CD)

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