Charge over heroin seizure

A 21-YEAR-OLD man was charged yesterday in connection with a 20kg seizure of heroin in Dublin on Monday.

Daniel Davis, of Sandyhill Way, Ballymun, north Dublin, was taken to the Bridewell District Court yesterday by members of the Garda National Drugs Unit.

The unit seized about 20kg of heroin, with an alleged estimated value of €4 million, near the Halfway House pub, at Ashtown, on the Navan Road, on Monday night.