Man in court over €2.5m drugs haul in Dublin

A man is due before the courts this morning in connection with the seizure of cannabis herb worth €2.5m.

The drugs were found at a number of premises in the Coolock area of Dublin as part of a planned Garda search operation on Saturday afternoon.

Most of the cannabis herb and cannabis resin were recovered from searches of properties but drugs worth approximately €400,000 were found in a car which failed to stop for gardaí while driving in the direction of the Malahide Road and which later crashed on Marigold Avenue in Darndale. The driver of the vehicle fled on foot.