Issue Date: 8th May 2024
Gardaí have seized approximately €117,400 drugs and a firearm in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 on Tuesday 7th May 2024.
Gardaí attached to the Finglas Drugs Unit conducted a search of a wasteland area and recovered suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €59,500.
Later the same day a second search was conducted of the same wasteland area. During this search, suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €52,500 as well as €5,400 of cannabis and a sawn off shotgun were recovered.
A male juvenile, aged in his teens, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 30 Offenses Against the State Act, 1939 at a Garda Station in North Dublin.
The drugs and firearm seized will be sent for further examination.
Investigations are ongoing.
