Gardaí search 30 premises in raid

Gardaí investigating the activities of a major drugs gang in west Dublin have searched more than 30 business and residential …

Gardaí investigating the activities of a major drugs gang in west Dublin have searched more than 30 business and residential properties and arrested seven people.

The target of the so-called super-raid is a gang that last year planted a pipe bomb which exploded outside the home of a garda’s elderly parents.

The seven arrested yesterday included one woman in her 30s and six men ranging in age from 17 to 22 years.

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