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Drug seizure and arrest Rathfarnham 6th April 2019

Gardaí have seized a quantity of controlled drugs and arrested one man in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, on the 6th April 2019.

On the afternoon of the 6th April Gardaí attached to the DMR South Division Roads Policing Unit stopped a car on Grange Road. During the course of this routine traffic stop Garda discovered cannabis with a street value, subject to analysis, of €5000. A man in his 40s was arrested and taken to Rathmines Garda Station where he is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. He is due to appear before Dublin District Court Number 4 at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday 8th April at 10.30am.

As a result to the discovery a warrant was obtained for a house at Glenmore Court, Rathfarnham. During the course of a search of this house Gardaí discovered a further quantity of cannabis and cocaine with a street value of close to €100,000.

A photograph of the drugs seized is available at

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