Two women and a man arrested after €252k worth of drugs seized in Wicklow

Eva Osborne

Two women and a man have been arrested after 12.6kg of herbal cannabis were seized with an estimated value of €252,000 in Co Wicklow on Friday.

The man, aged in his 20s, and the two women, aged in their 20s and 50s, are currently detained in Garda Stations in Co Wicklow under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

The seizures were the result of a joint operation in Co Wicklow carried out by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the Bray Drugs Unit, the Bray and Arklow District Detective Units and Revenue’s Customs Service.

Revenue Officers seized approximately 6.6kg of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €132,000 in Co Wicklow, and in a subsequent search approximately 6kg of herbal cannabis were seized bringing the total to 12.6kg estimated to be valued at €252,000.

Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.