Issue Date: 22/08/2025
An Garda Síochána has seized approximately €1.1 million of controlled drugs and arrested two men following an operation conducted today, Friday 22nd August 2025.
As part of ongoing investigations under Operation Tara targeting drug trafficking networks, officers attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) intercepted a vehicle in Tallaght, Dublin 24, shortly after midday and also conducted a search of a residential premises in the area.
A total of 57 kilos of cannabis, along with amounts of heroin and amphetamine (subject to analysis) were seized.
The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
Two men (aged in their 50s and 20s) were arrested and are currently being detained at Garda stations in Dublin under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
