Two arrested after €500,000 drugs seizure

Two people have been arrested after almost €500,000 worth of herbal cannabis was seized in Dublin.

Forty kgs of cannabis herb was discovered following a planned search of a house in Rosewood Grove in Lucan last night.

The seizure was part of a garda operation targeting organised crime in West Dublin.

A man and woman have been arrested. They are being held at Lucan and Ballyfermot garda stations under Section 2 of the Drugs Trafficking Act.