As part of an investigation targeting the sale and supply of drugs members of the Organised Crime Unit carried out a search operation in the Tallaght area this afternoon.
Cocaine with an estimated street value of €56,000 (pending analysis) was seized when Gardai stopped and searched a car (Taxi) on the Greenhills Road. The occupants of the car, two males aged in their 30's and late teens, were arrested. They are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Tallaght Garda Station. (They can be held for up to 7 days)
Enquiries are ongoing and updates will follow.
Photos of the seizure are not available.
