Drug baron hit by major garda seizure

ONE of the country’s top three drug barons was reeling yesterday after gardaí dealt a blow to his trafficking operation.

Officers from the Garda National Drugs Unit (GNDU) seized eight kilos of drugs and arrested one man at a rural location in rural Kildare.

The drug baron, aged 34 and originally from west Dublin, is believed by gardaí to be a major supplier to gangs in Dublin, Limerick and elsewhere.