Two men arrested after seizure of €5.39 million worth of heroin and cocaine
A total of €5.39 million euro worth of heroin and cocaine has been seized in Co Meath.
Gardaí arrested two men after 20 kilograms of diamorphine and 37 kilograms of cocaine were recovered by Revenue officers in the county on Tuesday.
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It is part of an intelligence-led joint operation conducted by Revenue's Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Meath/Westmeath Divisional Drugs and Crime Units.
The two men, aged in their 60s, are being held at a Garda Station in Meath.
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