Man held after €300,000 drugs haul

COCAINE and heroin seized by gardaí in a raid on a house in Dublin was imported by a gang of young dealers who have been linked to a number of murders in recent years.

The drugs, which have a potential street value of 300,000, were discovered during a raid on a house on the North Circular Road yesterday. One man was arrested and was being questioned last night in Store Street station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act. Some of the drugs, imported from the continent, were ready for distribution to street dealers. A handgun, ammunition and a number of balaclavas were seized along with the drugs.

Garda sources have described the gang involved in the importation of the drugs as a "particularly vicious group of individuals".