Issue Date: 2nd September 2023
On Friday, 1st September 2023, as part of an ongoing intelligence led operation targeting persons suspected to be involved in organised crime operating in the Dublin area, a joint operation was conducted by personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the Coolock and Ballymun District Drugs Units and Revenue’s Customs Service.
During the course of this operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 60kg of cannabis with an estimated value of €1,200,000.
A male (aged 25 years) was arrested by An Garda Síochána and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at a Garda Station in County Dublin.
Investigations are ongoing.
