Drugs worth €600,000 seized

Cocaine and cannabis worth more than €600,000 has been seized in raids in Dublin and Limerick during the weekend, according to…

Cocaine and cannabis worth more than €600,000 has been seized in raids in Dublin and Limerick during the weekend, according to gardaí.

Eight kilograms of cocaine was found along with cash and a small amount of ammunition during the raid on a number of houses in Grove Lane, Coolock, Dublin on Saturday.

No one was arrested during the raid.

Also on Saturday, a 20-year- old man was arrested over a seizure of 2kg of cannabis at Dublin airport. He is being held at Santry Garda station.

In a raid in Limerick, 43 bars of cannabis resin worth about €75,000 were recovered. A 19- year-old man was arrested at a house in Dooradoyle at about 8pm on Saturday.

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