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Arrests
Two men charged after drugs worth €2.3m seized, including 20kg cocaine and 5,000 ecstasy tablets
The drugs seized will be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.
LAST UPDATE | 7 hrs ago
TWO MEN IN their 50s and 60s have been charged following the seizure of drugs worth €2.3 million in Blanchardstown, Co Dublin.
They are due to appear before Dublin District Court at 10.30am on Monday.
On Saturday, gardaí seized around 18kg of cocaine worth around €1.8 million while the drugs were being handed over in public, and later seized 4kg of cocaine worth €400,000 from a nearby vehicle.
The two men were arrested and detained in a garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking Act) 1996.
Follow-up searches were conducted, where gardaí seized 5,000 MDMA tablets, worth around €50,000, and four kg of cannabis herb, worth €56,000.
In total, the estimated value of the seizures is €2,306,000.
The drugs seized will be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.
Investigations are ongoing.
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