Cannabis with an estimated street value of almost €1.7 million, suspected cocaine and imitation firearms have been seized as part of a cross-Border operation.
A total of 119kg of the drug were found in a vehicle in Dundalk, Co Louth, and a man in his 40s was arrested.
Revenue’s Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau were involved in the operation.
The man was taken in for questioning, and a follow-up search of a premises in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim resulted in discovery of a further 45kg of cannabis, a half a kilo of suspected cocaine (subject to analysis), 22 imitation firearms and approximately £25,000 in cash.
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The seizures were made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) organised crime unit.
Another man, in his 30s, was also arrested and is being detained by the PSNI.
