Gardaí probe drug trafficker link

GARDAÍ are investigating links between a man arrested in a drugs and firearms seizure and a major international Irish drug trafficker.

The individual was one of two men arrested by gardaí when they seized a cannabis plant, cultivation equipment, a stun gun and a magazine for a firearm in two raids in Dublin’s south inner city.

The men, one aged in his 20s and another in his 50s, are closely related. Garda sources said the two men were “operating below the radar”, but suspect that they may be “very significant” operators in the drugs trade.