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An Garda Síochána
Ballymun
Five arrests in north Dublin after gardaí seize drugs worth €400k
Four men and one woman remain in custody today.
GARDAÍ IN BALLYMUN have seized drugs worth an estimated €400,000 following a number of searches yesterday.
At around 4pm, a car was stopped on Balbutcher Lane in Ballymun and a quantity of cannabis herb was found in the vehicle.
Two men – aged 35 and 22 – were arrested.
In a follow-up search of a house in Santry, cannabis herb, cocaine and diamorphine was discovered.
Three people were in the house at the time – a 35-year-old man, a 21-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman. They were arrested and taken to Ballymun and Clontarf garda stations.
All five are currently being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drugs Trafficking) Act, 1996.
Investigations remain ongoing.
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