A man is in garda custody after being arrested following a huge drugs seizure in Co Wicklow.
Gardaí seized approximately €195,000 of suspected cocaine and a quantity of suspected cannabis during the course of a search at a house in Bray on Sunday.
The operation was conducted as part of Operation Tara and involved gardaí from the Dublin Metropolitan Region East Divisional Drugs Unit.
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As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the Dun Laoghaire, Shankill and Bray areas, officers conducted a search under warrant at a residence in the Old Connaught Avenue area of Bray at approximately 4:40pm on Sunday.
During the course of this search, approximately €195,000 of suspected cocaine and approximately €4,400 of suspected cannabis was seized by Gardaí.
The seized drugs will now be brought to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and taken to Shankill Garda Station where he is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
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