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A man has been arrested after €30,000 worth of the drug MDMA was seized in Dun Laoghaire on Saturday night.
The Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) with an estimated street value of €30,000 was seized by gardaí from the Dún Laoghaire divisional drugs unit after they stopped and searched a car at Kill Avenue shortly before midnight on Saturday.
A man in his 20s was arrested and taken to Dún Laoghaire Garda station where he was detained for questioning under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
The arrest was carried out as part of an operation targeting the sale and distribution of controlled drugs in southeast Dublin.
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The man has since been released and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions. The drugs have been forwarded for analysis.
Investigations into the drug seizure are ongoing.