Eight people have been arrested after gardaí seized 55kg of cannabis worth an estimated €650,000 in counties Dublin and Kildare.
The seven men and a woman were detained after the drugs were found in two cars in Celbridge, Co Kildare, and an apartment in Adamstown, Co Dublin.
The seizure is part of an investigation by the Organised Crime Unit into the activities of a Dublin criminal gang.
Officers from the Organised Crime Unit stopped two cars in a supermarket car park in Celbridge at around 4.30pm this afternoon.
They suspected a drugs handover was taking place and 30kg of herbal cannabis, estimated to be worth €360,000, was found.
Four men, two from Northern Ireland and one each from counties Cork and Meath, were arrested and the cars were seized.
Gardaí then searched an apartment at Adamstown and discovered another 25kg of the drug with an estimated street value of €300,000.
Around €10,000 cash was also seized and three men and a woman from Eastern Europe were arrested there.
The eight are being questioned at Lucan, Leixlip, Ballyfermot and Clondalkin garda stations. Their ages range from 22 to 49 and they can all be held for up to seven days.
Gardaí say this was an intelligence led operation, and was focused on the activities of a north Dublin city criminal gang.
The seven men and a woman were detained after the drugs were found in two cars in Celbridge, Co Kildare, and an apartment in Adamstown, Co Dublin.
The seizure is part of an investigation by the Organised Crime Unit into the activities of a Dublin criminal gang.
Officers from the Organised Crime Unit stopped two cars in a supermarket car park in Celbridge at around 4.30pm this afternoon.
They suspected a drugs handover was taking place and 30kg of herbal cannabis, estimated to be worth €360,000, was found.
Four men, two from Northern Ireland and one each from counties Cork and Meath, were arrested and the cars were seized.
Gardaí then searched an apartment at Adamstown and discovered another 25kg of the drug with an estimated street value of €300,000.
Around €10,000 cash was also seized and three men and a woman from Eastern Europe were arrested there.
The eight are being questioned at Lucan, Leixlip, Ballyfermot and Clondalkin garda stations. Their ages range from 22 to 49 and they can all be held for up to seven days.
Gardaí say this was an intelligence led operation, and was focused on the activities of a north Dublin city criminal gang.
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