Gardaí arrest man in his 50s over €950K Meath drugs haul

A man in his 50s has been arrested following a major drugs haul in Meath late last year.

The arrest was made by members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force, when a 56-year-old man in the Ardee area of County Louth as part of ongoing investigations into serious criminal activity in the Leinster Region.

Te arrest is linked to a search operation carried out in the Ashbourne area of County Meath on the 15th of November 2017, when a significant quantity of Cocaine and Cannabis with an estimated street value of €950,000 was recovered.

The arrested male is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Ashbourne Garda Station.

Speaking after the drug seizure last November, Assistant Commissioner John O’ Driscoll who has charge of Special Crime Operations, stated that;

"An Garda Síochána national units within Special Crime Operations (SCO) continue to target a range of criminality associated with organised crime. In this regard there is a particular emphasis, firstly, on protecting life and tackling threat to life incidents, but also, on targeting the sale of drugs and other illicit products and, importantly, targeting the financial gain and money laundering involved.”