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04/08/2008
Weekend Drug Seizures Scoop over €600K In Cannibas
Gardaí have made a series of arrests and seizures this weekend in Dublin, with a drug haul estimated at over €600,000.
Two men were arrested on Sunday afternoon and detained following a planned drug operation by the Detective Unit in Cabra.
The men, aged early 30s and early 20s, will appear in court on Monday in relation to Cannabis Resin seized in Cabra worth in the region of €600,000.
In a separate operation in the Dunard area of Cabra, Gardai from the Blanchardstown Drug Unit, assisted by local Detective units, seized a quantity of ecstasy tablets, with a potential street value of €10,000, subject to analysis by Gardai.
A male and female, both aged early 40s, were arrested and are currently detained in Blanchardstown Garda Station.
During another operation, targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Rathfarnham area, Gardaí searched a house in Killakee Gardens, Firhouse, Dublin 16 where they seized cannabis resin with a street value of €27, 000.
A 21 year-old man was arrested in Rathfarnham earlier today in relation to the seizure and he is presently detained at Rathfarnham Garda Station.
(DW)
Two men were arrested on Sunday afternoon and detained following a planned drug operation by the Detective Unit in Cabra.
The men, aged early 30s and early 20s, will appear in court on Monday in relation to Cannabis Resin seized in Cabra worth in the region of €600,000.
In a separate operation in the Dunard area of Cabra, Gardai from the Blanchardstown Drug Unit, assisted by local Detective units, seized a quantity of ecstasy tablets, with a potential street value of €10,000, subject to analysis by Gardai.
A male and female, both aged early 40s, were arrested and are currently detained in Blanchardstown Garda Station.
During another operation, targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Rathfarnham area, Gardaí searched a house in Killakee Gardens, Firhouse, Dublin 16 where they seized cannabis resin with a street value of €27, 000.
A 21 year-old man was arrested in Rathfarnham earlier today in relation to the seizure and he is presently detained at Rathfarnham Garda Station.
(DW)
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