Boy (15) remains in custody over cocaine find

A fifteen year-old boy arrested by gardaí in west Dublin yesterday with a large quantity of crack cocaine in his possession remains…

A fifteen year-old boy arrested by gardaí in west Dublin yesterday with a large quantity of crack cocaine in his possession remains in custody today.

The drugs were found when the boy was searched at Balgaddy Road in Neilstown. He was found in possession of an estimated €35,000 worth of crack cocaine.

He was arrested and is being detained under the Drug Trafficking Act at Lucan Garda Station.

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