Gardaí seize huge haul of drugs from Lithuanian gang

GARDAÍ and customs have made the biggest seizure of methamphetamine, a powerful stimulant drug, in an international operation targeting eastern European trafficking gangs.

Officers seized 6kg of methamphetamine and 8kg of herbal cannabis after they swooped on a drugs shipment organised by a big Lithuanian gang.

The haul of methamphetamine dwarfs previous seizures of the drug in Ireland. A mere 5g were seized in 2007, 136g in 2006, 55g in 2005 and 0.6g in 2004.