02/07/2009

Four Arrested In €1.5M Cocaine Haul

Two men have been placed under arrest in Dublin after a stop and search in the capital.

Gardai from the Balbriggan drug unit have seized drugs following a search of a car in Balrothery, Balbriggan Co Dublin on Tuesday afternoon.

During the operation, members of the Balbriggan Drug Unit in Balrothery, stopped a car. Cocaine, with an estimated street value of €1.5million, was seized in the car and two men were arrested.

In a follow up search of a house in Balrothery, drug paraphenellia was found and two other males were arrested.

Three of the arrested are being detained in Balbriggan Garda Station.

One man is being detained at Swords Garda Station.

Gardaí have also revealed today they have arrested a second man

Meanwhile, Gardaí have also revealed today that two teenage boys are being questioned in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Stephen Lyne in Killarney, Co Kerry, last month.

The two 17-year-olds were arrested in Killarney yesterday afternoon.

One of them presented himself voluntarily at Killarney Garda Station and was accompanied by a solicitor.

Stephen Lyne's body was found on the side of Ross Road close to his home in Killarney in the early hours of 18 June.

It is understood he had been stabbed.

(DW/BMcC)

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