Drugs operation smashed as gardaí raid cocaine factory

GARDAÍ believe they have broken up one of the most notorious drugs operations in the Leinster region with the discovery of a cocaine mixing factory in Maynooth, Co Kildare.

Last night, gardaí from the National Drugs Unit made the discovery after an intensive undercover operation which focused on key players in the Dublin drugs scene.

Sophisticated cocaine-mixing and packaging machinery was seized when the commercial premises was raided by the authorities in Maynooth.