Around €1.7m of herbal cannabis seized in Dublin

Around 85kgs of herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €1.7m has been seized, it was revealed today.

Following an intelligence-led joint operation involving Revenue’s Customs Service and the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, a controlled delivery of prohibited drugs originating in a freight consignment in Spain was carried out in North County Dublin yesterday.

A 24-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were arrested have been detained at Finglas Garda Station under the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

Investigations are continuing.