Drugs, Scales And Packing Machines Seized In Tallaght Search

Thursday, 13 June 2024 12:11

By Martin Osborne

One woman, aged in her 40s, was arrested at the scene.

Gardaí have seized €410,000 worth of drugs during a search operation at an address in Tallaght.

Gardaí attached to the Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT) conducted a search under warrant at a house in Tallaght.

During the course of the search, cannabis, cocaine, heroin (Diamorphine), alprazloman and zopiclone were seized alongside drugs paraphernalia including scales and two large vacuum packing machines.

The total value of the drugs seized is €410,000 and all drugs are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

One woman, aged in her 40s, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda station in Dublin.

Investigations are ongoing.

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