Gardaí attached to the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) searched a property as part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of illegal drugs and related criminal activity in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR).
“During the course of the search, 40 vacuum-sealed bags of cannabis herb, each weighing approximately 500g, with a combined total of 20kg and a street value of €400,000 (subject to analysis) were seized,” gardai said.
A Garda spokesmen added: “€7,000 in cash believed to be the proceeds of crime was also seized by the DCRT.
“A male in his 40s was arrested at the scene for an offence contrary to Section 15 Misuse of Drugs Act 1977/84 and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda station in the DMR.”
The seized drugs will now be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) to undergo analysis.
Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary, DMR said: “This large seizure was another step towards the dismantling of this gang, from whom An Garda Síochána in the DMR have now seized over €2 million in illegal drugs.
“An Garda Síochána’s continued efforts will ensure that those in our communities who are involved in criminal activity will be targeted and brought to justice.”
Gardai said the seizure forms part of Operation Tara, the enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in 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.
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