Three people have been arrested and over €400,000 worth of suspected heroin and cocaine has been seized after intelligence-led garda raids targeting a north Dublin organised crime gang.
Gardai seized the drugs over a number of searches yesterday in Finglas and Lucan. The operation began when a vehicle was stopped and searched by gardai in Newcastle just before 3pm.
Nearly €150,000 worth of the drugs was taken and a woman in her 40s was arrested. Follow up searches were conducted at three separate locations in Finglas that afternoon, where €149,000 of suspected heroin and €113,000 of suspected cocaine were seized, along with a sums opf cash in both euros and pounds.
