Cocaine worth €56,000 found in Dublin taxi

Two men arrested after Gardaí stop and search vehicle in Tallaght

The car was stopped on the Greenhills Road yesterday afternoon.
The car was stopped on the Greenhills Road yesterday afternoon.

Gardaí in Dublin have arrested two men in connection with the seizure of cocaine worth an estimated €56,000.

As part of an investigation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the Tallaght area, members of the Organised Crime Unit stopped and searched a taxi on the Greenhills Road yesterday afternoon.

The occupants of the car, two man in their 30s and late teens, were arrested. They are being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Tallaght Garda station, where they can be held for up to seven days.