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Joint Operation - GNDOCB and Revenue seize €143,800 Cannabis, Co. Galway, 21st June 2024

Issue Date:  21st June 2024

As part of an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 7.1 kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €143,800 in the Galway area today, Friday 21st June 2024. 

The seizure was made as a result of a joint operation involving Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit.

A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested by An Garda Síochána and is currently detained at a Garda Station in County Galway under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Investigations are ongoing.