A “well known drug dealer” who was jailed for 20 years last year for possessing over one million euro of heroin has been sentenced for an earlier drugs offence.

A “major player in the heroin trade” has been jailed for twenty years for possession of over a million euro of the drug while his “lackey” has been given a six-year sentence.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested three people following a significant heroin seizure in the west of the city last night.