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Thu 01 Jan 2008Top drug dealer held after heroin seized

One of Dublin's most significant drugs traffickers was being questioned by gardaí last night after he was arrested trying to flee the scene of a €7 million heroin seizure.

The arrest of the 35-year-old followed an intensive intelligence-led Garda surveillance operation targeting the importation of heroin for supply to the west Dublin market.