€400,000 worth of heroin found in graveyard hedge

HEROIN with a street value of €400,000 was discovered in a graveyard in north Dublin following a surveillance operation by gardaí.

The heroin was hidden in a hedge at Killeek graveyard in the St Margaret’s area.

Gardaí from Swords had carried out the surveillance prior to the seizure at about 5pm on Thursday.