As part of Operation Thistle, targeting organised criminals in Dublin South City Centre, Gardaí have seized heroin (1 kilo), cocaine (1.75 kilos) and cannabis resin (1.8 kilos), with a combined estimated value of €300,000, pending analysis.
Gardaí from the D.M.R. South Central Division assisted by members of the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, Special Detective Unit and officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau carried out a number of planned searches within the Kevin Street District this morning, Wednesday 18th May 2016.
The assorted drugs were discovered in two premises, one on York Street and the other in the Mount Browne area. Two men, aged 22 and mid 40’s, have been arrested and are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice, (Drug Trafficking), Act, 1996 at Kevin Street and Kilmainham Garda Stations.
A photograph of the seized drugs is available on request at pressoffice@garda.ie
