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Mark O'Brien

Man arrested after cannabis and cocaine seized by gardai in Finglas raid

A man has been arrested after gardai seized cocaine and cannabis following a raid of a house in Finglas.

Cash, weighing scales, packaging material and weapons were also seized after armed gardai swooped on the house on Friday evening.

The raid was part of an ongoing investigation targeting organised criminal activity in northwest Dublin.

A garda spokesman said: "The arrest was made following the search of house in Finglas on Friday evening (12/7/2019) and the man is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 for questioning at Finglas Station.

"During the search Gardaí seized quantities of cocaine & cannabis (5k analysis pending), cash, weighing scales, packaging material along with a number of mobile phones, electronic devices and weapons.

"The operation involved members of the Emergency Response Unit, Armed Support Unit, together with local based Detective & Drugs Units and uniformed Gardaí." 

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