Drugs worth almost €500,000 seized in Blanchardstown

Drugs worth an estimated €489,000 were seized from a house in Blanchardstown this morning.

As part of an operation targeting organised crime and the sale and supply of illegal drugs in the Dublin 15 area, gardaí found heroin worth €435,000, cocaine valued at €54,000 and also a number of shotgun cartridges when they searched the residence.