Two held over €750,000 drugs haul

Gardaí have arrested two people after drugs worth €750,000 were seized in Dublin this afternoon.

Gardaí have arrested two people after drugs worth €750,000 were seized in Dublin this afternoon.

Officers stopped a car and a truck at the Airside Business Park in Swords at about 12.30pm. Gardaí recovered 49 kilos of what is believed to be cannabis pollen and nine kilos of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €750,000.

Two men, aged 44 and 41 years old, were arrested at the scene and are currently detained at Swords and Malahide Garda stations under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1996.

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