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Gardaí have seized drugs worth €252,000 after a car was stopped and searched in Dublin yesterday evening.

Herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €180,000 was found when a car was stopped on the Naas Road near Rathcoole. A man in his late 30s was arrested and taken to Clondalkin Garda Station for questioning.