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Cannabis

Two released and three still in custody over €5.1m drugs seizure

Some of the drugs were seized when a van and car were searched in the IKEA car park on the Ballymun Road.

THREE PEOPLE REMAIN in custody over a drugs bust that took place last Friday.

Gardaí said this morning that three men remain in custody in relation to the €5.1 million cannabis seizure.

Two are detained at Finglas Garda Station and one at Ballymun Garda Station.

Two people, a man and a woman, have been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The drugs were discovered during two related operations in the capital.

The first discovery was made when a van and car were searched while in the IKEA car park on the Ballymun Road.

Inside, gardaí found 90kg of resin and arrested three men.

In a follow-up search at a unit in a North Dublin business park, 240kg of cannabis was discovered by gardaí. A woman was arrested in the Ballymun area following this discovery.

Read: Man in his 70s arrested after €5.1 million drugs seizure at IKEA car park>

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