Two men due to appear in court following £1.5m drugs seizure

Two young men aged 19 and 17 are due to appear before Dublin District Court today after gardai seized cocaine and ecstasy worth…

Two young men aged 19 and 17 are due to appear before Dublin District Court today after gardai seized cocaine and ecstasy worth up to £1.5 million in Dublin.

The two, from the Drimnagh area, were arrested with another 19-year-old in a city-centre hotel on Friday evening. The third man was released on Saturday evening.

A file on the case will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions by gardai from the Pearse Street District Drugs Unit.

The haul consisted of 49,000 ecstasy tablets and two kilos of cocaine. The type of ecstasy tablets seized sell for around £10 to £15 each.

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The cocaine was of high purity and has a final street value of between £500,000 and £600,000.