Man held over cocaine seizure

Gardaí arrested a man after cocaine with an estimated street value of €420,000 was discovered in a Dublin apartment yesterday…

Gardaí arrested a man after cocaine with an estimated street value of €420,000 was discovered in a Dublin apartment yesterday.

A Garda spokesman confirmed today that detectives from the Garda National Drugs Unit carried out a search of an apartment on Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 as part of an ongoing investigation.

The drugs were seized during that search. They are subject to further analysis.

A man in his 30s was arrested and is detained at Blanchardstown Garda station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1996.

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