Ellen O'DonoghueA man has been arrested and a firearm, suspected cocaine and suspected cannabis were seized in Dublin 17 on Wednesday evening, November 6th. During the course of an intelligence-led operation, gardaí from the Coolock Drugs Unit stopped and searched the man (20s) at a location in Priorswood. A double-barrel shotgun and 0.5kg of suspected cocaine, worth an estimated €35,000 was seized. Meanwhile, the drugs seized will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis. The man was arrested and detained at a garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.

Source: The Herald November 07, 2024 09:34 UTC