Man charged over heroin seizure

A man in his 30s has appeared before Dublin District Court charged in relation to a heroin seizure in Dublin on Tuesday evening…

A man in his 30s has appeared before Dublin District Court charged in relation to a heroin seizure in Dublin on Tuesday evening.

The man was remanded in custody to appear before the court next week.

The 32 kilograms of heroin, worth an estimated €7 million, were found when gardaí searched a van in the Palmerstown area of west Dublin.

A woman who was also arrested on Tuesday after follow-up searches was released without charge this evening.

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