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18/03/2008
€1.5m St Pat's Day Cocaine Bust: Two Held
A man and woman are in garda custody this morning following a significant cocaine seizure in west Dublin yesterday afternoon.
The pair, both aged 23, were held after around 22kgs of the drug was found during a raid on a house in Clondalkin.
Mixing agent, a drugs pressing machine and other paraphernalia were also seized.
Gardaí say the cocaine had a street value of around €1.5m.
(BMcC)
The pair, both aged 23, were held after around 22kgs of the drug was found during a raid on a house in Clondalkin.
Mixing agent, a drugs pressing machine and other paraphernalia were also seized.
Gardaí say the cocaine had a street value of around €1.5m.
(BMcC)
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