429 kg of cannabis worth €8.5 million seized in Ballymount
Gardaí and Revenue seized 429 kilograms of cannabis worth €8.5 million in Ballymount, Tallaght, on 11 October 2024 after stopping two vehicles and searching a business premises, arresting four men who were later charged.
On 11 October 2024 the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Tallaght Drug
Unit, supported by Revenue customs officers, intercepted two vehicles shortly after 3pm and
searched a business premises in Ballymount, Tallaght, as part of investigations into organised
crime under Operation Tara.[1][2]
They seized429 kilograms of cannabis with an estimated street value of €8.5 million, subject
to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.[1][2]
Four men aged 31, 45, 52 and 58 were arrested and detained under drug-trafficking powers.[1][2]They were charged and due to appear in the Criminal Courts of Justice on the morning of
14 October.[3]
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Cannabis seized in the Ballymount operationPhoto details
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