Two arrests as drugs worth €5.4m seized in latest blow to 'The Family'

Gardaí said 20kg of diamorphine (heroin) and 37kg of cocaine with an estimated value of approximately €5,390,000 was seized

The two men, who are aged in their 60s, are currently detained at a Garda station in Meath under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996.

The country’s top drugs gang, along with a major cross-border smuggler, have been hit following a massive seizure of 20kgs of heroin and 37kgs of cocaine.

In a joint operation, customs officers and gardaí confiscated the consignments in Castletown, Co Meath, which they have given a final street valuation of €5.4m.