An airplane and drugs were seized in a massive garda operation spanning four counties.
Two men were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking as part of the ongoing probe targeting drug-related organised crime activity under Operation Tara. Officers intercepted two vehicles, shortly after 6pm, at two locations in the Lough Owel area of Co Westmeath on Thursday.
They recovered a whopping 120kgs of cocaine worth €8.4 million along with several communications devices. Follow-up searches were conducted at residential premises in Naas, Co Kildare and Waterford City, and at a commercial airfield in Co Longford where a light aircraft has been seized.
