Herbal cannabis valued at more than €1 million was seized in Dublin on Thursday in a joint Garda-Revenue operation targeting people suspected to be involved in organised crime.
The seizure was made as a result of an operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Dublin Metropolitan Region North Central Divisional Drug Unit.
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Approximately 54kg of herbal cannabis was seized with an estimated value of €1,080,000.
A man in his 40s was arrested by gardaí. He was being detained on Thursday evening under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a garda station in Dublin.
Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.
