As part of an intelligence led operation targeting a west Dublin organised crime gang Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and the Garda Special Crime Task Force stopped a vehicle in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford yesterday, Thursday 7th February 2019.
During the course of a search of the vehicle Cannabis Herb (subject to analysis) was seized with an estimated street value of €200,000. A man in his 50s was arrested at the scene and is currently detained at Granard Garda Station under the provisions of Section 2 Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are continuing,
A photograph of the drugs seized is available here
