Issue Date: 09/11/2026
As part of a series of intelligence-led operations conducted over the past number of days involving the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), Divisional Drugs Units in Clare and Kildare, and Revenue’s Customs Service, approximately 16.5kg of herbal cannabis, along with a quantity of cannabis vapes and cannabis gummies, with an estimated value of €359,000 have been seized.
On Friday, 6th November 2026, during the course of an operation in Co. Clare, cannabis vapes and cannabis gummies with an estimated street value of €124,000, subject to final analysis, were seized.
This afternoon, 9th November 2026, during the course of an operation in Co. Kildare, herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of approximately €235,000 was seized. One male, aged in his 30s, was arrested and is currently being detained at a Garda station in Co. Kildare under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
