BREAKING: Multi-million euro drugs find in Laois
Three men have been arrested and are currently being detained at garda stations in the Eastern Region.
GARDAÍ from the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) are conducting an ongoing, intelligence led operation in Mountmellick and a number of other locations this evening Tuesday 4 February.
The operation follows on from the seizure of approximately 182kg of cocaine and 4kg of cannabis herb.
According to gardaí the estimated value of drugs seized is in excess of €12.8 million.
Three men have been arrested and are currently being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996, at Garda stations in the Eastern Region.
Assistant Commissioner Paul Cleary from Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR), said: “This intelligence-led operation conducted by the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) has taken down the main supply network for cocaine and crack cocaine into West Dublin.
“This operation targeting the sourcing, preparation and distribution of substantial quantities of these illicit drugs, stopped them from entering our communities and is another significant blow to an Organised Criminal Group.”
Investigations are ongoing.
