Major drug seizure in Dublin

€886,000 worth of drugs have been seized and a man arrested in West Dublin.

As part of a planned operation officers from the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the local drugs unit carried out a search of a house in Blanchardstown earlier today.

There they discovered 300,000 Zopiclone Tablets worth an estimated €600,000 and 280,000 Diazepam Tablets worth an estimated street value of €280,000, Heroin with an estimated street value of €3,600, and Cannabis worth €2,400.

A man in his 30's was arrested at the scene and has been detained at Blanchardstown Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act.