Cocaine worth €4 million seized in Dublin

Cocaine worth €4 million has been seized in Dublin and three men have been arrested.

A Garda spokesman said the drugs were found in a house as a result of an operation by the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in the Clondalkin area yesterday.

The three men are being held under Section Two of the Drug Trafficking Act in  Lucan and Ballyfermot stations.  Two of the men are in their twenties and one is in his late thirties.

In a separate case, six people are still in custody today over the discovery on Wednesday of chemicals that could have made drugs worth €500 million.

A raid on a warehouse in Walkinstown, Dublin, discovered ingredients used in making drugs such as ecstasy and amphetamines.

The total volume of chemicals seized had a potential to manufacture 50 million ecstasy tablets and two-and-a-half tonnes of amphetamines, with an estimated street value of €500 million. They were found in forty-five 200-litre drums that came through Rotterdam from China.

Six people - four men and two women - are being questioned at Garda stations in Clondalkin and Tallaght where they can be held for seven days. It is understood they are from China and Afghanistan.