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25/05/2016
32-Year-Old Man Due In Court Over Dundrum Drug Seizures
A 32-year-old man is due to appear before Dun Laoghaire District Court charged in connection with a drug seizure in Dundrum.
Gardaí from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized heroin, worth an estimated €240,000, after stopping and searching a vehicle off Sandymount Road on Tuesday.
A man and a 17-year-old woman, were arrested in connection with the discovery of approximately one kilo of heroin (pending analysis), with a street value of €140,000.
During a follow up search of a house at Ballyogan Green, Carrickmines another kilo of heroin (pending analysis) with a street value of €140,000 was discovered.
The female has since been released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(MH/LM)
Gardaí from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized heroin, worth an estimated €240,000, after stopping and searching a vehicle off Sandymount Road on Tuesday.
A man and a 17-year-old woman, were arrested in connection with the discovery of approximately one kilo of heroin (pending analysis), with a street value of €140,000.
During a follow up search of a house at Ballyogan Green, Carrickmines another kilo of heroin (pending analysis) with a street value of €140,000 was discovered.
The female has since been released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(MH/LM)
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