10/08/2016

Cocaine Worth Around €140,000 Seized In Dublin

Cocaine worth an estimated €140,000 has been seized by gardaí in Dublin.

The seizure was made as part of an on-going operation targeting serious criminal activity in the Dublin Region, by Gardaí from the Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau.

The drugs were seized when Gardaí stopped and searched a number of vehicles in the Lucan area on Monday, 08 August, at approximately 8pm.

Three men, aged 31, 32, and 35 years, were arrested at the scene and are currently being detained at Clondalkin and Ronanstown Garda Stations under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

(MH/CD)

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