Gardaí seize €1m worth of drugs and cash in Tallaght

James Cox

Gardaí seized €1 million worth of drugs and cash in Tallaght, Dublin, on Tuesday, and arrested a man and woman, both aged in their late 20s.

As part of ongoing investigations targeting the distribution of controlled drugs under Operation Tara, community gardaí and the Drugs Unit based at Tallaght Garda Station conducted an operation on Tuesday.

During the operation, a residential property in the Old Bawn area was searched, resulting in the seizure of a substantial quantity of controlled drugs, including cannabis, cocaine and ketamine, with a combined estimated street value of approximately €950,000 (analysis pending).

Gardaí also seized over €231,000 in cash, bringing the total seizure to over €1 million.

Two individuals, a man and a woman, both in their late 20s, were arrested and detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda station in the Dublin region.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.