Two arrested after €3.6m worth of herbal cannabis seized in Dublin and Wexford

Cannabis herb worth more than €3.6m has been seized in two separate intelligence-led operations in Wexford and Dublin.

Cannabis herb worth more than €3.6m has been seized in two separate intelligence-led operations in Wexford and Dublin.

A man, aged in his 60s, was arrested after 139kg of cannabis herb, worth €2.7m, was discovered in Wexford on Thursday, as part of an operation involving gardaí and Revenue.

He is currently being held at a Garda station in the south east of the country, under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Separately, a man, aged in his 50s, was arrested following the seizure of 139kg of cannabis herb, worth €900,000 in Dublin.

He is being held at a Garda station in west Dublin, also under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

All of the drugs seized are now subject to further analysis.

Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.