Gardaí seized heroin, cocaine, and cannabis with a street value in excess of €1.1 million, along with €28,000 in cash as a part of their ongoing operation targeting organised crime.
Officers intercepted two vehicles shortly before 3.00pm in the South Dublin area yesterday. They also seized a third vehicle, and searched two residential properties in South and West Dublin later that day.
Two people – a man in his 20s and a woman in her 30s – were arrested and are currently detained at Tallaght Garda Station.
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The drug seizure and subsequent arrests were a result of ongoing intelligence-led investigations targeting organised crime activity under Operation TARA. Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force were involved.
Following the operation, Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary of Organised and Serious Crime said: "This investigation highlights the drug trafficking activities of organised crime groups who are determined to supply all types of controlled drugs for financial gain.
“Investigators tasked with disrupting and dismantling such groups at national level shall continue to prioritise those organised crime groups, assessed to be causing the greatest harm in our communities nationwide. This operation has removed in excess €1 million of controlled drugs from our streets and significantly disrupted a drug trafficking organised crime group”.
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