Nine arrests in €5m guns and drugs crackdown

A major day-long Garda crackdown on guns and drugs in Dublin and Meath led to the arrest of nine people and the seizure of up to €5m worth of drugs yesterday.

The operation, led by the Garda National Drugs Unit, unfolded following a number of months of investigation into an international drug trafficking racket believed to be spearheaded by a major Irish criminal living in Spain.

The crackdown began early yesterday morning when officers searched a number of industrial premises in Dublin and Meath which were understood to be used to store the drugs.