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€125,000 Controlled Drugs Seized - GNDOCB and Revenue Joint Operation, Tipperary, 24th April 2024

Issue Date: 25th April 2024

Approximately €125,000 of controlled drugs have been seized during an intelligence-led multi-agency operation in Tipperary Town yesterday, Wednesday 24th April 2024.

The operation involved Revenue Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit.

Revenue officers seized approximately 62,500 of suspected Alprazolam and Clonazepam tablets with an estimated street value of €125,000.

A man, aged in his 40s, and a woman, aged in her 30s, have been arrested and are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in County Tipperary.

Investigations are ongoing.