Issue Date: 5th August 2023
On Saturday the 5th of August 2023, as part of an intelligence led operation targeting persons suspected of involvement with organised crime, a joint operation was conducted by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and personnel attached to the Revenue Customs Service.
During this operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 60 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated value of €4,200,000.
Gardaí arrested three men during the course of this operation. Two of the men (20s) and one (30s) are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Garda Stations in the Cork region.
