LAST UPDATE | 8 May

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested after €10 million of herbal cannabis was seized in Co Clare overnight.

Acting on intelligence, Gardaí and Revenue officers raided a home in the Mid-West where they seized 500 kilograms of the drug that were contained in two pallets.

A Garda spokesperson said the seized cannabis will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

The two men – who are aged in their 60s – were arrested by gardaí and are currently detained at Garda stations in Clare and Limerick under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996. One man is believed to work in the airline industry.

The seizure, based on intelligence, involved members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Garda drugs unit in Ennis.

A spokesperson for Revenue said that the seizure is part of Revenue’s ongoing joint investigations involving organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.

Investigations are ongoing according to the customs officials.

“Investigations remain ongoing and further updates will follow,” the Garda Press Office said in a statement.

With reporting by Niall O’Connor