Four due in court over cannabis seizure

Blanchardstown Garda Station - Four due in court in relation to seizure 

 

Three men and a woman are due to appear before Blanchardstown District Court tomorrow morning charged in relation with the seizure 55kg of cannabis worth an estimated €650,000 in counties Dublin and Kildare earlier this week.
Another man arrested will appear at the same court sitting charged in relation to a separate matter.
Three other people who were also arrested have been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The seven men and a woman were detained after the drugs were found in two cars on Tuesday in Celbridge, Co Kildare, and an apartment in Adamstown, Co Dublin.
The seizure was 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.
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 the woman, from Eastern Europe, were arrested there.
Gardaí say this was an intelligence-led operation, and was focused on the activities of a north Dublin city criminal gang.