Issue Date: 03/10/2022
As part of the ongoing investigation into an organised crime group operating in the Balbriggan area, a joint operation was conducted today, Monday, 3rd October 2022.
This operation was carried out by personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Balbriggan Divisional Drugs Unit.
During the course of this operation a premises was searched in the Balbriggan area and 11.30 kgs of Herbal Cannabis with an estimated street value of €226,000 was seized by Revenue Officers.
Gardaí arrested a male aged in his early 20s. He is currently detained in Balbriggan Garda station pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
