Drug baron hit on the double

A NEWLY-ESTABLISHED operation between two garda units dealt a second blow to a major drug dealer over the weekend, resulting in what is thought to be the largest single seizure of cocaine in the last five years.

Detectives confiscated a tonne of cannabis resin, with an estimated street value of €10m, and 30 kilos of cocaine, worth €3m, in an operation in Lusk, North County Dublin on Saturday.

Three men, two in their 30s and one in his 20s, were arrested.