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Laura Lyne

Ballymun gun and drugs arrest sees €100k of cocaine and cannabis and two firearms seized in raid

Drugs and guns have been seized in north Dublin and a man arrested following a raid by gardai.

A man in his 40s has been arrested after €100,000 of cocaine and cannabis and two firearms were found in a house in Ballymun.

Gardai raided the home in Poppintree as part of an investigation into the sale and supply of drugs.

The man is being held at Ballymun garda station and investigations are ongoing.

A garda spokesman said: 'Gardaí investigating the sale and supply of drugs in the Ballymun area have carried out a search of a residential property in the Poppintree area of Ballymun.

"Cocaine and Cannabis (pending analysis) with a combined street value of €100,000 along with two firearms were seized during the search.

"A man, in his late 40s was arrested in relation to this investigation and is currently detained under the provisions of Section 30 - Offences Against the State Act 1939 at Ballymun Garda station.

"Investigations ongoing."

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