Two held after drugs seizure

Two men, one aged in his 70s, were arrested by gardai in Dublin at the weekend following a seizure of half a kilo of heroin, …

Two men, one aged in his 70s, were arrested by gardai in Dublin at the weekend following a seizure of half a kilo of heroin, with an estimated street value of about £200,000.

The older man was arrested by gardai in Benburb Street, where the heroin was seized, at about 8 p.m. on Saturday. The other was arrested later in a follow-up search at a house in a south Dublin suburb.

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