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Gardaí have seized €810,000 worth of drugs and arrested two people in west Dublin.
The seizure was made as part of a search operation on Wednesday.
Gardaí attached to the Dublin crime response team along with local gardaí seized 8kg of cocaine valued at €560,000 and 4kg of MDMA valued at €250,000.
The drugs are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.
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A man aged in his 50s and a woman aged in her 40s were arrested as part of the investigation.
They are both detained at Garda stations in Dublin under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. Gardaí said investigations are ongoing.
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