A 35-year-old man has been arrested after gardai and Revenue officers seized suspected herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €110,000 in Dublin on Friday.
The seizure was made as part of ongoing investigations targeting persons suspected to be involved in an organised crime group operating in the Coolock area. It was a joint operation carried out by personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the DMR North Central Coolock and Clontarf Drugs Units
During the course of the operation, a premises in the Coolock area was searched. Drugs consisting of 5.5kg of suspected herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €110,000 was seized by Revenue Officers and gardai.
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A garda spokesman confirmed that a man aged in his 30s has been arrested in connection to the drugs seize.
He said: "Gardaí arrested a male, aged 35 years, who is currently detained at Raheny Garda Station pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
"Investigations are ongoing."
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