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Wednesday 6 December 2023 Dublin: 4°C
Garda Press Office The seized drugs.
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Gardaí seize €100k worth of cannabis from Ballymun organised crime gang

A man in his 30s has been arrested.

GARDAÍ HAVE TODAY seized around €100,000 worth of cannabis in an operation targeting the workings of an organised crime gang in Dublin.

Officers said a joint operation was conducted by units to the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the DMR North Divisional Drugs Unit.

A premises was searched in the Ballymun area and five kilos of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €100,000 was seized by Revenue Officers.

Gardaí arrested a man aged in his 30s and he is detained at Ballymun Garda station pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.

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