Gardai have seized a massive haul of illegal drugs worth than €600,000 in an organised bust in north Dublin last night.
Three men in their 40s were arrested following an operation by Gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau recovered cocaine and cannabis worth €610,000 in Swords.
As part of an intelligence led operation targeting organised criminality, GNDOCB officers carried out "an intervention" on three vehicles in the busy Fingal capital.
A garda statement said: "During the course of the operation, Gardai seized cocaine to the value of €350,000 and cannabis to the value of €260,000 (pending analysis).
"Three men (aged 49, 46 and 42 years) were arrested at the scene and are currently detained pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at North Dublin Garda Stations."
Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll of Organised and Serious Crime said today: "An Garda Síochána is committed to disrupting the activities of organised criminals supplying drugs to our communities.
"This seizure of a substantial quantity of cocaine and cannabis is significant in this regard.”
The latest drug raid comes just days after Gardai seized approximately €40,000 worth of suspected cannabis in Blanchardstown. In that bust, made on Monday afternoon, no arrests were made, but investigations are ongoing.
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