Gardai seized over €15,000 worth of cocaine and heroin in a search at a North Dublin laneway after a dramatic raid of a property failed to find anything.
A number of Garda personnel descended upon a house in Finglas shortly after 3pm on Friday.
The officers attempt to gain access to the home by taking a chainsaw to the front window.
As neighbours protested the brazen entry of the home - whose occupants were understood not to be present for the duration of the search - Gardai also tore the front door off its hinges to begin the search.
However, the search eventually turned up nothing, as a Garda spokesperson confirmed to Dublin Live that nothing was recovered.
But on the same afternoon Gardai in the Finglas Drugs Unit, along with assistance from the Garda Dog Unit, discovered €16,000 worth of heroin and cocaine in a laneway just off Barry Close.
No arrests were made and a Garda spokesperson said investigations were ongoing.
“This is another example of how the Gardaí in Finglas, through Operation Tara and the newly formed Drug Unit, are willing to direct resources to disrupt the sale of illegal drugs and to protect our communities and our young people from the dire consequences of drug use," said Chief Superintendent Finbarr Murphy.
"We are committed to increasing the focus on drug dealers and to disrupt their activities and their toxic influence on society in order to make our communities safe for all of us to live, work and enjoy our daily lives.”
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