Gardaí seize €280,000 worth of suspected heroin in Dublin

Kenneth Fox

Drugs worth €280,000 have been seized in Dublin.

The operation discovered suspected heroin and a number of offensive weapons during the search of properties in Dublin 8 on Friday afternoon.

During the course of the search, approximately 2kg of suspected heroin was seized by gardaí.

Assistance was provided by the Armed Support Unit, the Street Crime Unit, the Divisional Crime Task Force and gardaí attached to Operation Citizen.

The drugs are subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI). They said investigations are onoging.