Gardaí targeting organised crime in west Dublin have arrested two men following the seizure of an estimated €350,000 worth of cannabis in Blanchardstown last night.
Officers from the Organised Crime and Garda National Drugs units found 30 kilogrammes of the drug during the search of a car at Blanchardstown shopping centre at about 8pm last night.
Two men in their 30s were arrested at the scene and are both detained at Blanchardstown Garda station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act. They can be held for up to seven days.
In a follow-up operation, a house in Fortlawn, Blanchardstown and a warehouse in Blakestown were searched and a further 30 kilos of cannabis was seized.
The total street value of both seizures is about €350,000.
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