Gardaí stop car and make incredible €1.75 million drugs discovery
Gardai have seized cocaine worth €1.75 million during an operation in Dublin.
As part of Operation Tara, officers arrested a man in Clondalkin on Friday evening.
It came as officers stopped a vehicle on St Cuthbert’s Road at about 5.30pm and conducted a search of it, during which 25kg of cocaine was found.
As part of Operation Tara, Gardaí have seized €1.75 Million worth of cocaine and arrested a man following a search operation in Clondalkin yesterday, Friday 15th April 2022. #OperationTara pic.twitter.com/SnAmnodSa5
— Garda Info (@gardainfo) April 16, 2022
All of the suspected drugs will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
A man in his 30s was arrested and he is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Clondalkin Garda station.
He can be held for up to seven days.
Investigations are ongoing.
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