Gardai from the District Drug Unit attached to Ballymun Garda Station have charged a man (44yrs) following the seizure of cocaine (subject to analysis) with an estimated street value of €500,000.
He will appear before Court No 4 Criminal Courts of Justice, Parkgate Street on the 16th October 2014 at 10.30am.
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Garda Press Office
Gardai have seized a quantity of drugs and arrested a man following an operation in Santry, Dublin 9 this afternoon, the 15th October 2014.
As part of an ongoing operation Gardaí form the Drugs Unit attached to Ballymun Garda Station searched a house in the Oldtown Avenue area of Santry. During the course of the search they discovered a quantity of cocaine with an estimated street value, subject to analysis, of €500,000.
A man in his 40's was arrested at the scene and he is detained at Ballymun Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996. He can be detained for up to seven days.
A photograph of the drug seized is available from pressoffice@garda.ie.
