Issue Date: 12/02/2021
Two persons arrested yesterday Thursday 11th February, in Co. Kildare, following the seizure of cannabis herb with an estimated street sale value of €7.4 million, remain in the custody of An Garda Síochána, at Naas Garda station, following an extension to their periods of detention.
The relevant investigation being undertaken by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) assisted by personnel attached to a Special Crime Task Force and the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR), has involved a comprehensive search of a particular vehicle, in the course of which eleven (11) kilogrammes of cocaine has now been located and seized.
The estimated street value of the substance believed to be cocaine is €770,000, bringing to €8.2 million the estimated value of all drugs seized in this investigation, to date.
Since 1st January, 2021, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) has seized illicit drugs with a total estimated street value of €12.1 million; while GNDOCB has also seized cash to a value of over €3.27 million and, also, one firearm accompanied by five rounds of ammunition, within that period. A total of eleven persons have been arrested in the course of investigations associated with the relevant seizures of drugs, cash and firearms.
