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Joint Operation – €252,000 of Cannabis Seized, Three Arrests, Co. Wicklow, 3rd October 2025

Issue Date: 03/10/2025

As part of intelligence-led operations involving Gardaí and Revenue Officers 12.6kg of herbal cannabis were seized with an estimated value of €252,000 in Co. Wicklow today, Friday 3rd October 2025.

The seizures were the result of a joint operation in Co. Wicklow carried out by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), the Bray Drugs Unit, the Bray and Arklow District Detective Units and Revenue’s Customs Service.

Revenue Officers seized approximately 6.6kg of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €132,000 in Co. Wicklow, and in a subsequent search approximately 6kg of herbal cannabis were seized bringing the total to 12.6kg estimated to be valued at €252,000.

Gardaí arrested a man, aged in his 20s, and two women, aged in their 20s and 50s, who are currently detained in Garda Stations in Co. Wicklow under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

Investigations are ongoing.