Two held after €100,000 seizure

Two men are in garda custody following the discovery of €100,000 in west Dublin last night.

Two men are in garda custody following the discovery of €100,000 in west Dublin last night.

Drugs squad officers recovered the money after they stopped and searched a car in west Dublin yesterday. A man in his thirties was arrested at the scene.

A man in his sixties was arrested during a subsequent search in Co Kildare.

Both men can be held for about a week under section two of the Drug Trafficking Act. They are being questioned in Blanchardstown Garda station.

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