Issue Date: 16th May 2024
On the 15th of May 2024, as part of an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 33kgs of herbal cannabis (subject to analysis) with an estimated value of €660,000 in Dublin.
The seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Revenue’s Customs Service. The cannabis was seized and a follow up search conducted, under warrant, of a premises in Dublin city.
A man, aged in his 50’s, was arrested by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and detained at a Garda station in Dublin under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. He has since been charged and will appear before CCJ District Court No. 1 this morning, Thursday 16th May 2024.
