Man for court over €120,000 Dublin cannabis seizure

Man (30) charged in connection with discovery of drug in car on Naas Road last night

A man has been charged in connection with the seizure of some €120,000 of herbal cannabis after gardaí searched a car on the Naas Road in Co Dublin last night.
A man has been charged in connection with the seizure of some €120,000 of herbal cannabis after gardaí searched a car on the Naas Road in Co Dublin last night.

A man has been charged in connection with the seizure of some €120,000 of herbal cannabis in Co Dublin.

The drugs were found in a car that was stopped by members of the Garda National Drug Unit on the Naas Road near Clondalkin at about 7.30pm last night.

The 30-year-old driver of the car was arrested and taken to Clondalkin Garda station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

He is to appear before Dublin District Court later today.

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