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Drugs Bust
Three men in court over €5.1 million Dublin drugs seizure
Another man and a woman were released without charge.
THREE MEN WILL be charged in connection with a significant drugs haul in court this morning.
The accused will appear at a sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning at 10.30am.
They have been in custody at Finglas and Ballymun garda stations since their arrest Friday.
Gardaí discovered €5.1 million worth of cannabis in two related operations on Friday.
The first discovery was made when a van and car were searched while in the IKEA car park in Ballymun. Gardaí found 90kg of cannabis resin and arrested three men – one in his 20s, one in his 30s and another in his 70s.
In a follow-up search at a unit in a North Dublin business park, gardaí seized 240kg of cannabis herb. They also arrested a fourth man who is in his 30s.
A short time later a woman in her 30s was arrested in the Ballymun area.
One of the men and the woman were released yesterday, with files prepared for the Director of Pubilc Prosecutions.
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