Two men arrested after Gardaí seize €210,000 of cocaine in Dublin
Two men have been arrested after Gardaí seized €210,000 of suspected cocaine.
Gardaí seized the €210,000 of suspected cocaine as part of an operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Dublin Metropolitan Region South Central area.
The seizure was made during the course of a search of a residence in the Dublin 8 area, on Friday, May 23. The drugs seized are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.
Two men, aged in their 20's and 30's, were arrested in connection with the investigation.
They have since been charged with offences under the misuse of drugs act, and appeared before the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) this afternoon, Saturday, 24 May.
Gardaí said that investigations are ongoing.
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on July 2, 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute drug trafficking networks at all levels—international, national, and local—involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale, and supply of controlled drugs.
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