Gardaí in Mayo seized cannabis herb together with a large quantity of assorted fireworks.[1] The seizure was made in an intelligence-led operation jointly conducted by the MRL Divisional Drugs Unit and Mayo North CE under Operation Tombola.[1] The same Mayo operation was described as an intelligence-led operation jointly conducted by the Divisional Drugs Unit.[2] Investigations were still ongoing after the seizure.[2]

Gardaí valued the cannabis herb at €2,000.[1] Gardaí valued the large number of assorted fireworks at €4,600.[2] Both the cannabis and the fireworks were subject to further analysis.[2]

Operation Tombola is the nationwide policing plan focused on the prevention and detection of the sale of fireworks and associated public order and anti-social behaviour issues during the Halloween period.[1] The detections were made during the implementation of that Halloween-period plan.[2] Under Irish law, it is illegal to import, sell or use any other fireworks without a licence.[1] The operation formed part of the Halloween-period policing effort against fireworks sales and related anti-social behaviour.[2]