Issue Date: 18/05/2021
A Multi-Agency Operation was conducted today, 18/05/2021, by personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), Kildare Divisional Drugs Unit and the Revenue Customs Service.
This operation was carried out as part ongoing investigations targeting persons suspected to be involved in organised crime.
The operation resulted in the stop and search of a vehicle in the Naas area of Co. Kildare this morning. During the course of this operation 11.6kg of Cocaine (pending analysis) with an estimated value of €812,000 was discovered and seized.
A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested and is currently detained under Section 2 of The Criminal Justice (Drugs Trafficking) Act 1996 at Naas Garda Station.
Investigations are ongoing.
