Gardaí and Dutch police seize €1.12m of cocaine in international drug trafficking investigation

Gardaí carried out five raids in Meath and Dublin linked to the seizure with a car, encrypted communication devices and about €70,000 in cash taken. File photo.

An Irishman has been arrested in Amsterdam after drugs worth more than €1m were seized today.

The garda operation - carried out with Dutch police - targeted an organised crime group involving a number of Irish nationals suspected of trafficking cocaine from the Netherlands to Ireland, with 16 kilograms of cocaine worth €1.12m seized.