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29/10/2015
€3m Worth Of Cocaine And Heroin Seized In Tallaght
Gardaí have seized heroin and cocaine worth an estimated €3 million during a planned vehicle stop in Tallaght on Wednesday night.
Officers from the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, with the assistance of Gardai from the Tallaght Drugs Unit, a vehicle was intercepted on Greenhills Road, Tallaght, on Wednesday, 28 October.
During a search of the vehicle, heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of up to €3 million (pending analysis) along with 4 firearms and associated ammunition were seized. The recovered firearms include an AK 47 assault rifle and ammunition, two .22 rifles and ammunition, and a loaded pump action shotgun along with silencers and telescope sights.
Two males, aged 41 and 34 have been arrested and are currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station under Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
(MH/CD)
Officers from the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, with the assistance of Gardai from the Tallaght Drugs Unit, a vehicle was intercepted on Greenhills Road, Tallaght, on Wednesday, 28 October.
During a search of the vehicle, heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of up to €3 million (pending analysis) along with 4 firearms and associated ammunition were seized. The recovered firearms include an AK 47 assault rifle and ammunition, two .22 rifles and ammunition, and a loaded pump action shotgun along with silencers and telescope sights.
Two males, aged 41 and 34 have been arrested and are currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station under Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
(MH/CD)
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