60 kg cannabis worth €1.2 million seized in Dublin joint operation
Revenue officers seized about 60 kg of herbal cannabis worth an estimated €1.2 million in Dublin on 1 September 2023 in a joint operation with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau; a 25-year-old man was arrested and later charged before the Dublin courts.
On Friday 1 September 2023, Revenue officers seized about 60 kg of herbal
cannabis with an estimated value of €1.2 million in the Dublin area.[1][2]The seizure came from an intelligence-led joint operation by Revenue’s
Customs Service with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau
(GNDOCB) and the Coolock and Ballymun District Drugs Units, targeting people
suspected of involvement in organised crime in Dublin.[1][2]
A 25-year-old man was arrested by gardaí and detained under section 2 of the
Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda station in County
Dublin.[1][2]He was subsequently charged and appeared before the Criminal
Courts of Justice in Dublin on Monday 4 September 2023.[3]
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The exact place in Dublin where the cannabis was found was not stated beyond the Dublin area.
The outcome of the case after the man was charged and brought before the Criminal Courts of Justice on 4 September 2023 was not reported in the opened accounts.
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