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Emma Nevin

Huge tablet stash worth €175,000 seized in north inner city after Revenue raid

A whopping 87,500 Benzodiazepine tablets were seized by Revenue in Dublin today.

The tablets, worth an estimated €175,000, were nabbed as part of an intelligence-led operation in the north inner city. This seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the DMR North Central Divisional Drugs Unit.

A woman in her 40's was arrested following the raid and is being held at Store Street garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Read more: Massive drug stash worth €370,000 seized from home in major garda raid

A Revenue spokesman said: "Investigations are ongoing. This seizure was part of Revenue’s ongoing joint investigations targeting organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.

" If businesses, or members of the public, have any information regarding drug smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on phone number 1800 295 295."

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