Drugs worth €160k seized and three arrests in Ashtown

As part of ongoing investigations targeting serious and organised crime, personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau intercepted two vehicles and searched an address in the Ashtown area today.

In the course of the operation, eight (8) kilogrammes of cannabis with an estimated street sale value of €160,000 was seized (analysis pending).

Three men, aged 29, 45 and 58 have been arrested and are currently detained pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Blanchardstown and Ronanstown Garda Stations.

Investigations are ongoing.