€3m ecstasy haul is the biggest in nine years

Gardaí and customs officers have made the largest seizure of ecstasy in nine years after confiscating 350,000 tablets in Dublin.

Both agencies estimate the haul has a street value in the region of €3.5m.

Gardaí and drug workers are reporting greater availability of the dance drug in the last year-and-a-half and believe this massive haul was, in part, destined for the thriving summer festival market.