Eight arrested following €2.8m drug seizure in Dublin

The drugs included an estimated 40kgs of cocaine and over 2,000 canisters of nitric oxide

Gardaí say their investigations are ongoing. Picture: Larry Cummins

Eight people have been arrested after a major drugs seizure on the Long Mile Road in Dublin.

Officers from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau intercepted two vehicles in the Ballyfermot and Blanchardstown areas of Dublin at around 11am yesterday.