On 7 May 2024 the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Revenue Customs Service ran two intelligence-led operations seizing two consignments of herbal cannabis, together about 184 kilos with an estimated value of €3,680,000, one in Wexford and one in Dublin.[1][2]

In Wexford officers seized 139 kilos of cannabis herb worth about €2,780,000 and arrested a man in his 60s, who was detained in the south-eastern region under drug-trafficking legislation.[1][2] In a second operation the same day, officers seized 45 kilos worth €900,000 and arrested a man in his 50s, detained at a west Dublin station under the same legislation.[1]

Both men were charged on 9 May: the man in his 50s over the €900,000 seizure was due before Blanchardstown District Court, and the man in his 60s over the €2,780,000 seizure before Gorey District Court, both that morning.[3] All of the drugs were subject to further analysis as investigations continued.[1]