€1m heroin bust ‘model operation’

GARDAÍ and customs officers have described a €1 million heroin seizure and three arrests as a model operation involving two agencies with a sometimes fractious relationship with each other.

“It’s the way forward”, said one senior garda following the seizure and arrests of three people suspected of being centrally involved in the importation of drugs.

Customs officers involved said the operation was a template for the future.