Ellen O'DonoghueOver €700,000 worth of drugs were seized, and two men were arrested in Dublin on Saturday. Shortly after 3.30pm, gardaí attached to the Drugs Unit at Coolock intercepted a car in the Dublin 1 area and recovered cannabis valued at €100,000. During follow-up searches at two residential properties in the Dublin 1 area, cannabis valued at €551,000, cocaine valued at €70,000 and two sums of cash - £33,000 and over €4,000 - were seized. Both men are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at a Garda station in Dublin. All drugs seized will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for examination, and investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.

Source: The Herald March 01, 2026 18:04 UTC