25/11/2015

Two Arrested Following Heroin Seizure

Two men have been arrested in connection with the discovery of heroin during a planned operation in Dublin on Tuesday afternoon.

As part of Operation Thor, gardai from the North Central Divisional Drugs Unit stopped two males in the James Street area of Dublin on Tuesday.

The men were searched and heroin worth an estimated street value of up to €34,000 was seized.

The men, both aged in their 30s, were arrested at the scene and are currently being detained at Store Street Garda Station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996. 

(MH/CD)

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