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Joint Operation – Seizure of €5.4m of Diamorphine, Cocaine and Arrests, Co. Meath, 27th May 2025

Issue Date: 28/05/2025

Gardaí arrested two men following the seizure by Revenue officers of 20kg of diamorphine (heroin) and 37kg of cocaine with an estimated value of approximately €5,390,000 in Co. Meath yesterday, Tuesday 27th May 2025.

This seizure was made as a result of an intelligence-led joint operation conducted by Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Eastern Region colleagues, the Meath/Westmeath Divisional Drugs and Crime Units.

The two men, aged in their 60s, are currently detained at a Garda Station in Meath under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996.

Investigations remain ongoing.