Tanning salon boss granted bail in drugs case

A tanning salon operator has been granted bail after he was charged over a seizure of cocaine at a north Dublin apartment.

Gardaí from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau including the Serious Crime Task Force supported by local units carried out a search of an apartment at Auburn Park in Castleknock, on Monday. A submachine gun and ammunition were recovered, and a quantity of cocaine worth more than €300,000.

David Tennyson, aged 37, of Carrigallen Drive in Finglas, Dublin, was arrested at his home on Monday and was then detained at Blanchardstown Garda Station under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act.