Gardaí seize drugs and cash in raids

GARDAI seized €35,000 worth of cocaine and €140,000 in cash following a search operation on Dublin’s northside yesterday. The planned raid took place at a house in Kilmore, Dublin 5. One man in his 60s was arrested at the scene. He is currently detained at Ballymun Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1996.

And in a separate raid in the same area, gardaí seized €200,000 worth of cannabis yesterday. The raid was a follow-up operation to another drugs bust earlier this week.

On Wednesday cannabis worth €72,000 was seized and a woman was arrested as part of a joint Garda and Customs operation. The raid also took place in Kilmore, Dublin 5.

Gardaí arrested a 37-year-old woman at the scene. She was detained at Ballymun Garda Station. She was released without charge and a file will be prepared for the DPP.