120 kg of cannabis herb seized in Oldcastle as two men arrested
Gardai searching an address in Oldcastle, Co Meath found 120 kg of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €2.4 million and arrested two Irish men aged 50 and 31. Both were detained at Kells Garda station under drug-trafficking legislation while the operation continued.
Gardai seized a large quantity of drugs and arrested two men in a joint operation in Co. Meath on 3 August 2013.[1]The Garda National Drug Unit, the Garda Organised Crime Unit and Customs drug enforcement officers searched an address in Oldcastle and found 120 kg of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €2.4 million.[1]
The two arrested men, aged 50 and 31 and both Irish nationals, were detained at Kells Garda station under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, and the Garda said the operation was ongoing.[1]
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