58kg of cannabis pollen and herb seized at Swords business park
Garda National Drugs Unit officers intercepted a car and a truck at Airside Business Park, Swords, on 17 October 2009, seizing 49kg of cannabis pollen and 9kg of cannabis herb worth an estimated €750,000. Two men aged 44 and 41 were arrested at the scene.
🇮🇪 Airside Business Park, Swords, County Dublin · Ireland
Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs Unit seized drugs with an estimated street value of €750,000 at Swords on the afternoon of 17 October 2009 as part of an intelligence-led operation.[1]Officers intercepted two vehicles, a car and a truck, containing 49 kilos of what is believed to be cannabis pollen and 9 kilos of cannabis herb, subject to analysis, at the Airside Business Park at about 12.30pm.[1]
Two males, aged 44 and 41, were arrested at the scene and were detained at Swords and Malahide Garda stations respectively under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1996.[1]
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