Heroin worth £350,000 seized

Heroin with a street value of £350,000 was seized in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin last night

Heroin with a street value of £350,000 was seized in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin last night. A Garda saw a number of men acting suspiciously around a green area at Drumfinn Road and he noticed a package being passed between the men.

According to a Garda spokesman, he arrested one of the youths and seized the package which had been dropped. The youth was detained in Ballyfermot Garda station under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

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