Cannabis worth €700,000 seized

Gardaí seized 100 kilograms of cannabis resin and arrested two men after stopping and searching a car in north Dublin.

Gardaí seized 100 kilograms of cannabis resin and arrested two men after stopping and searching a car in north Dublin.

The drugs, which were discovered in the vehicle on the M1 motorway near Swords yesterday, have an estimated street value of €700,000.

Two men aged 24 and 31 years were detained at Ballymun Garda station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.

They can be questioned for up to seven days.

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“At approximately 5pm, officers from the Garda National Drugs Unit stopped two cars on the M1 near Swords,” a Garda spokesman said.

“A search of one of the vehicles uncovered boxes containing the cannabis, which has an estimated street value of €700,000.”