Gardaí seize cannabis worth €500,000 in Tallaght

James Cox

Gardaí seized just under €500,000 worth of cannabis in two searches in Tallaght, Dublin, on Wednesday.

As part of Operation Tara, gardaí in Tallaght stopped a vehicle on Cheeverstown Road, Tallaght and, in a separate incident conducted a planned search under warrant at a residential property in Tallaght.

At approximately 8pm, gardaí attached to the Serious Crime Unit at Tallaght Garda station stopped and searched a vehicle on Cheeverstown Road.

During the course of the search cannabis herb with an estimated value of €100,000 (analysis pending) was seized. A woman (aged in her 40s) and man (late teens) were arrested at the scene and taken to a Garda station in South Dublin. Both are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

At approximately 9.30pm, a search operation under warrant was conducted by the Tallaght District Drug Unit of a residential property in Tallaght. During the course of the search cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €378,000 (analysis pending) was seized.

One man, aged in his 40s, was arrested at the scene and taken to a Garda station in South Dublin. He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.