Dublin People

€760,000 worth of cannabis resin and cannabis herb seized in South Dublin

As part of an operation targeting persons suspected of involvement in organised crime operating in the Dublin Region, a joint operation was conducted by personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) Revenue Customs Service yesterday.

During the course of the operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 100 kilograms of cannabis resin with an estimated value of €600,000.

In a follow up search, 8 Kilograms of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €160,000 was also seized.

Gardaí arrested a man aged in his 40s.in connection with this operation.

He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda station in Dublin.

Investigations are continuing.

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