€977,000 of drugs seized in Tallaght

Gardaí have seized in excess of €900,000 worth of various controlled drugs and €800 in cash during a search operation on Saturday evening, 29th June, 2024.

At approximately 6.15pm on Saturday evening, Gardaí attached to the Serious Crime unit in Tallaght were on patrol when they conducted a stop and search of a vehicle in Tallaght. During the course of the search Gardaí seized a quantity of cannabis herb and €800 in cash.

One man, aged in his late 30s was arrested at the scene and was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda station in Dublin.

During follow-up searches, two premises were searched under warrant in Tallaght and Lucan. Quantities of cannabis herb, cannabis resin and cannabis plants with an approximate value in excess of €900,000, along with various drug paraphernalia was seized.

During the course of the follow-up searches, a man (aged in his late 40s) was arrested and was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda station in Dublin.

All drugs are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

Both men have since been charged in relation to these seizures and appeared before Tallaght District Court this morning, Monday 1st July, 2024.

Investigations are ongoing.

This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on 2nd July 2021. The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels – international, national, local – involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.