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06/08/2008
Drug Seizure Leads to Three Arrests
Gardaí in Dublin have arrested three people following a significant heroin seizure in the west of the city on Tuesday night.
Five kilos of the drug with a potential street value of around €1m were seized during a raid on a premises in the Westbourne Green area of Clondalkin just after 10pm.
Two men and a woman are being questioned in connection with the haul.
A garda spokesman said: "During the course of the search five kilos of heroin with an approximate value of 1 million euro, pending analysis, and a quantity of cash was seized.
"Two men and one woman have been arrested and are currently detained in Ballyfermot Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act."
According to the spokesman the men were in their 30s and 50s, while the woman was in her 30s.
(DW/JM)
Five kilos of the drug with a potential street value of around €1m were seized during a raid on a premises in the Westbourne Green area of Clondalkin just after 10pm.
Two men and a woman are being questioned in connection with the haul.
A garda spokesman said: "During the course of the search five kilos of heroin with an approximate value of 1 million euro, pending analysis, and a quantity of cash was seized.
"Two men and one woman have been arrested and are currently detained in Ballyfermot Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act."
According to the spokesman the men were in their 30s and 50s, while the woman was in her 30s.
(DW/JM)
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