Issue Date: 20th October 2024
Gardaí from the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) seized drugs worth €360,000 during an operation in West Dublin on Friday, 18th October, 2024.
As part of a planned operation, the DCRT stopped a vehicle in Citywest, Co. Dublin, where they discovered 3 kg of suspected cannabis herb valued at €60,000. A man in his 50s was arrested and the vehicle was seized.
He is currently being detained at a Garda station in the Dublin area under the Drug Trafficking Act 1996.
Subsequent searches were conducted in the DMR West and DMR South Divisions. With support from the K District Detective Unit and Divisional Crime Task Force, additional controlled drugs—including cannabis resin, cocaine and cannabis herb—valued at approximately €300,000 were found at a residential propoerty in West Dublin.
All seized drugs are now undergoing analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) and investigations are ongoing.
