Cocaine worth €4.5m siezed in Dublin

Gardaí have seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €1 million in south Dublin in a follow-up to an operation yesterday…

Gardaí have seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €1 million in south Dublin in a follow-up to an operation yesterday afternoon in which €3.5 million of the drug was found.

A 31-year-old woman was arrested in the second raid while a 19-year old man was arrested at the scene of the first find.

It is believed that the two finds have disrupted a significant cocaine production factory in the capital.Some 12 kilograms of cocaine and 10 kilos of mixing agent were found in the first raid.

The woman has been brought to Sundrive Rd garda station and the man is being held at Crumlin Garda Station.

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Both are being detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act and can be held for up to seven days without charge.

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