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Man Arrested Following €1.2M Cocaine Seizure On Meath/Dublin Border

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A number of follow up searches were carried out in six homes, three business premises and land in two locations

A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of committing organised crime offences is being questioned at a Garda station in Meath.

It follows a a major cocaine and cash seizure on the Dublin/Meath border.

It was part of a planned Garda operation involving the Defence Forces and the Criminal Assets Bureau.

The Assistant Commissioner of Organised and Serious Crime says this seizure has taken a substantiall amount of cocaine off the streets.

Gardai stopped two vehicles on Monday afternoon in the Ward area on the Dublin/ Meath border where they found an estimated 1.2 million euro worth of cocaine.

A number of follow up searches were carried out in six homes, three business premises and land in two locations.

350 thousand euro in cash and 28 thousand pounds sterling was also found - along with financial documents, vehicles, electronic devices, a money counter and a vacuum-packing machine.

 

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