Gardaí seize crack cocaine worth €11,400 in Ballymun raid

Weighing scales and small amount of cannabis also found in search of car in Santry

Crack cocaine worth an estimated €11,400 was discovered during a search of a car in Santry on Thursday morning.
Crack cocaine worth an estimated €11,400 was discovered during a search of a car in Santry on Thursday morning.

Crack cocaine worth an estimated €11,400, a weighing scales and a small amount of cannabis were discovered during a search of a car in Santry on Thursday morning.

The drugs, which are subject to analysis, were found when gardaí from Santry and the Ballymun Divisional Drugs Unit carried out a surveillance and search operation at a property in the Carton Court area of Ballymun, Dublin 11.

The car was removed for further examination. No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.

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Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien is an Irish Times journalist