One man arrested as €8m worth of drugs seized in Dublin, Drugs are everywhere across Ireland, in every Village and Town?

Updated / Saturday, 20 Jul 2024 19:10

Crime Correspondent

Gardaí investigating a Dublin-based organised crime gang have seized around €8m worth of drugs and over €1m in cash.

The seizure took place at a lock up in the north of the county.

Officers from the Dublin Crime Response Team backed up by armed regional units discovered over 60kg of cocaine, 30kg of cannabis and other drugs including ketamine at the premises.

One man has been arrested and is being questioned at a garda station in Dublin.

He can be questioned for up to seven days.

Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis described the seizure as a major blow to the organised crime group which has been causing so much misery in communities across the city.

“Cash is the lifeblood of crime groups and the seizure of amounts of this scale causes significant disruption,” she said.

“Gardaí continue to target those that destroy lives through their activities,” she added.

The organised crime group has been a target of the Criminal Assets Bureau.