Four held after €500k drug find

Gardaí have seized almost €500,000 worth of cannabis herb after a major operation was put into action following suspicious activity by known criminals.

The Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Unit, responding to active patrolling by local drugs units, swooped on two vehicles and seized around 25kg of herb.

It is thought the gangs were in the midst of a handover when members of the Drugs and Organised Crime Unit descended on them. It led to the arrest of four men, including a 58-year-old man who escaped with his life in a gangland attack in 1999.