Man charged after €800k worth of cannabis and €80k in cash seized in Dublin

The drugs were discovered after a vehicle was stopped in the Clondalkin area of west Dublin yesterday.

LAST UPDATE | Oct 21st 2020, 8:56 AM

A MAN IN his 40s has been charged in relation to a major drugs seizure in Dublin yesterday.

Around €800,000 worth of cannabis and €80,000 in cash was seized after gardaí stopped a vehicle in the Clondalkin area of west Dublin yesterday morning.

Units attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau participated in the operation.

A 47-year-old man was arrested. He was detained pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Clondalkin Garda Station.

He is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning.

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