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File photo of herbal cannabis and cannabis resin seized by gardaí
Image: PA Archive/Press Association Images
File photo of herbal cannabis and cannabis resin seized by gardaí
Image: PA Archive/Press Association Images
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.
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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.
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