A man and woman have been arrested following a €1.1 million drug seizure of heroin, cocaine and cannabis in Dublin.
Gardai made the enormous drug bust on Sunday after they intercepted two vehicles in south Dublin shortly before 3pm.
A third vehicle was then detained and a search of two houses in south and west Dublin resulted in the seizure of heroin, cocaine, cannabis herb and cannabis resin with a street value in excess of approximately €1.1 million - along with €28,000 in cash.
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The man, aged in his 20s, and the woman, aged in her 30s, are currently detained, under the provisions of Section 2 of Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Tallaght Garda Station in Dublin.
They can now be held for up to seven days.
The drugs bust was carried out under Operation Tara, a special operation focused on drug trafficking networks and organised crime activity.
A Garda spokesperson told the Irish Mirror that "investigations are ongoing".
Following the operation, Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary of Organised & 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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