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Emma Nevin

Garda checkpoints Dublin: Man arrested after €77k of cocaine nabbed from car

A man was arrested after €77,000 worth of cocaine and €2,000 in suspected cannabis was seized in north Dublin.

The drugs were found by gardai conducting a checkpoint in the Darndale area on Friday night.

They stopped the car at around 8:30pm and the car was searched.

A man is his 40's was arrested at the scene and taken to Coolock garda station where he was held under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drugs Trafficking) Act, 1996.

A garda spokesman said that the drugs will now be sent for further analysis.

He said:: "The man has since been released and a file will now be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

"Investigations ongoing."

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