€3.5million of suspected cocaine was seized and a man in his 30s has been arrested following a search operation conducted by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau in Swords, County Dublin, earlier today. Gardaí have seized 50 kilos worth of cocaine with an estimated street value of €3.5m following a major surveillance operation. A 33-year-old truck driver – a male believed to be from the south-east of the country – was being questioned this evening at a north Dublin garda station. The drugs haul – one of the biggest cocaine seizures of the year – was seized after the vehicle was stopped by detectives from the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau. Sources told Independent.ie that the massive drugs haul, which was found in a container of fruit, originated from South America.

Source: Irish Independent September 24, 2020 17:03 UTC