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Operation Tara - Over €130,000 Drugs Seized and Arrest, Tallaght, Dublin 24. 4th November, 2023.

Issue Date: 5th November 2023

Gardaí attached to the Tallaght District Drugs Unit conducted a search at a residential property in Tallaght, Dublin 24 on Saturday afternoon, 4th November 2023.

During the course of the search, cocaine and heroin, with a street value of over €130,000 (subject to analysis), was seized. Drug paraphernalia was also seized.

All of the suspected drugs will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.

One man, aged in his 30s, was arrested during the search and detained under Section 2 Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda station in Dublin.

He has since been released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Investigations ongoing.