Almost €100,000 worth of drugs along with a huge sum of cash and six imitation firearms have been seized by gardai in a city centre raid.
Drugs worth €94,000 were discovered by gardai from the Central Divisional Drugs Unit in a residence on Gardiner Street on Monday evening.
The six imitation firearms and over €30,000 in cash were also seized during the operation.
The search was carried out after gardai stopped and searched a car in the Fredrick Court area.
A garda spokeswoman said: "At approximately 8.15pm on Monday evening, Gardaí stopped and searched a vehicle in Frederick Court, Dublin 1.
"The driver, a male aged in his 40s, was found to be in possession of a quantity of cocaine, Alprazolam tablets and a significant amount of cash.
"He was arrested and taken to Store Street Garda Station where he was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
"During a follow-up search operation in Gardiner Street, Gardaí seized 4kg of suspected cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €80,000 and suspected Alprazolam tablets with an estimated street value of €14,000. All drugs will now be sent for analysis.
"Six imitation firearms were also seized during the search operation and approximately €32,000 in cash."
A woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested during the follow-up search and taken to Store Street Garda Station where she was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
She has since been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The man has since been charged in relation to this matter and is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice on Wednesday morning at 10.30am.
