On Friday the 11th of October, a joint operation was conducted by personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and Tallaght Drug unit supported by the Revenue Customs Service.
Shortly after 3pm yesterday Gardaí intercepted two vehicles and carried out a planned search of a business premises in the Ballymount area.
In the course of the operation 429 kilos of cannabis with a street value of €8.5 million was seized.
Four males aged 31, 45, 52 and 58 were arrested under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 for offences of facilitating and enhancing a criminal organisation to commit drug trafficking offences.
Investigations are ongoing.
This follows as Cocaine worth €2.5 million had been seized at Rosslare Europort, in Co. Wexford yesterday(Friday 11th October).
Gardaí have since charged a man who was arrested following the seizure of drugs worth over €2.5 million.
A man in his 50s is due to appear before a special sitting of Kilkenny District Court this evening(Saturday 12th October) at 5pm.
While on Thursday morning €2.1 million worth of cocaine was seized in Rosslare, the discovery contained approximately 30kg of cocaine.
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