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15/10/2015
Two Arrested Over €1m Drug Find
Two men have been arrested during the stop and search of a vehicle in Ballyfermot.
Officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau carried out the search as part of an intelligence-led operation targeting organised crime.
A "significant" quantity of cocaine, with an estimated value of €1m, was found in the vehicle.
The two arrested men, aged 20 and 45 years, and from Dublin, are currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Kevin Street and Irishtown Garda stations.
(MH/JP)
Officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau carried out the search as part of an intelligence-led operation targeting organised crime.
A "significant" quantity of cocaine, with an estimated value of €1m, was found in the vehicle.
The two arrested men, aged 20 and 45 years, and from Dublin, are currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Kevin Street and Irishtown Garda stations.
(MH/JP)
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