Issue Date: 24/06/2026
On Tuesday the 23rd of June 2026, as part of an intelligence-led joint operation involving the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Revenue Customs Service, 32kgs of suspected herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €640,000, was seized following the intervention of 2 vehicles in the Kildare Area.
Three males aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested at the scene on suspicion of drug tracking and are currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Garda Stations in the Kildare area.
As part of this operation, a search was carried out at a business premises in the Ballymore Eustace area, during which a fully operational cocaine production laboratory was discovered.
Investigations are ongoing with the assistance of Forensic Science Ireland.
