Gardaí: 'Lives have been saved with massive haul of drugs and firearms'

Gardaí believe they have saved lives and inflicted a double blow to Drogheda's feuding gangs after separate hauls of firearms and drugs.

Under a dedicated Garda operation, code named Stratus, detectives in Drogheda intercepted a massive 20kgs of cocaine followed by the seizure of three handguns, assorted magazines and ammunition in a holdall.