Sunday, April 20, 2008

€500K worth of cocaine seized in Swords and Dundalk

Six kilos of cocaine, two drug pressing machines and other drug paraphernalia have been seized during search of a house in Swords.

The drugs, with an estimated street value of €500,000, were found during a search of a house in Boroimhe, Cherry in Swords.

Gardaí were responding to a routine call in the area when the discovery was made.

Investigations in relation to the seizure are on-going.

Elsewhere, a man was arrested and about €150,000 worth of cannabis was seized in Dundalk.

The 15kg of cannabis was seized as part of an ongoing investigation into drug smuggling. The operation targeted a Nigerian drug trafficking ring operating nationwide.

Revenue Customs Officers, as well as gardaí from the Dundalk Garda Drugs unit, were involved in the operation.

A 53-year-old man was arrested shortly before 10pm and is being detained at Dundalk Garda Station.

The man arrived earlier in Dublin Airport on a flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, via Amsterdam.

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