Two held over €60,000 Dublin drugs seizure

Two men were arrested last night following the seizure of drugs worth an estimated €60,000.

Two men were arrested last night following the seizure of drugs worth an estimated €60,000.

Cocaine and ecstasy were found in a car at Blackhorse Avenue, near Dublin's Phoenix Park.

The men who are in their 20s are being held in Store Street Garda Station under Section two of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act.

They can be held for up to seven days without being charged.

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