Gardaí seize €150,000 cannabis herb in Santry house search, arrest four
Gardaí searched a house in Larchill, Santry shortly after midnight on 28 March 2015 and seized cannabis herb worth up to €150,000. Four men arrested at the scene were charged and due in court on the morning of 30 March.
Gardaí from the National Drug Unit and Organised Crime Unit carried out a planned search of a residence in Larchill, Santry, shortly after midnight on 28 March 2015, as part of an intelligence-led operation targeting the activities of a north Dublin crime gang.[1][2]During the search they seized cannabis herb, still to be analysed, with an estimated street value of up to €150,000.[1][2][3]
Four men in their twenties and thirties were arrested at the scene and detained under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Swords and Ballymun stations.[1]All four were later charged and were due before Court No. 2 at the Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street, on the morning of Monday 30 March.[2][3]
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