Issue Date: 28/05/2025
On 28th May 2025, as part of Operation Tara, the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) carried out an operation targeting a criminal group in West Dublin.
During targeted searches of multiple industrial premises in the West Dublin area, members of the DCRT seized quantities of cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, a hydraulic drug presses, mixing agents and bagging equipment. The recovered drugs include 1.65 kg of cocaine, 4kg of ketamine, and 1kg of MDMA.
The total estimated value of the seizure is €415,500, pending further analysis.
A man in his 20s was arrested and remains in custody under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act, 1996 at a Garda station in the Dublin Region.
The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for examination and analysis.
Investigations are ongoing.
