Value of drug hauls to surpass €100m

More than €95m worth of drugs have been seized so far this year — similar to seizure levels during the peak of the drug trade in the Celtic Tiger years.

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012 - 01:00

Cormac O’Keeffe

With three months to go, the total value of drug seizures this year will breach the €100m mark.

Official figures show that €59.3m worth of drugs were analysed by the State Forensic Science Laboratory in the first half of this year.

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Courts Place: Dublin Place: Kildare Place: Waterford city Place: Galway Place: Roscommon Place: Limerick Place: Cork Place: Britain Place: Ireland Person: Kathleen Lynch Person: Barry Cowen Person: Lynch Event: Celtic Tiger Organisation: State Forensic Science Laboratory Organisation: Garda National Drug Unit and Customs Organisation: Gardaí Organisation: Fianna Fáil Organisation: Garda Síochana

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