Feuding drugs gang hit by €700,000 ecstasy haul

GARDAÍ dealt a major blow yesterday to a drugs gang involved in a vicious feud that has resulted in at least two murders and several attempted murders.

Officers attached to the Garda National Drugs Unit arrested a young man and seized 50,000 ecstasy tablets with an estimated street value of €700,000.

The 23-year-old was caught walking along Walkinstown roundabout in south west Dublin with a bag containing the drugs at around 3.30pm. He was brought to Sundrive Garda Station in Crumlin and held under the Drug Trafficking Act, which allows a maximum detention period of seven days.