Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.

During the course of the searches of residences in the area, cash totalling €188,450, along with a quantity of suspected cocaine, and items of evidential value, were seized.

Martin Ekhosuehi (23) had previously been convicted by a jury of aggravated burglary, two counts of assault causing harm, and two counts of making threats to kill or cause serious injuries.

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A man in his 30s was arrested and detained at a Garda station in Dublin.

This was part of a day of action which saw 18 searches in Finglas, Cabra and Blanchardstown.

Results from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety found that Shane McCarthy was 67 times over the legal limit for cocaine while in charge of a motor vehicle on March 30th last year

Two men have pleaded guilty to a total of 82 charges as part of a €1 million+ crime spree across the midwest and Galway in 2024 and early 2025

The 10 men were arrested by gardai in March 2024 during operations in the villages of Tragumna and Leap near Skibbereen in west Cork

Jamie Stedman, 32, and Amy Gavin, 33, with an address at Shroughmore, Ballindaggin, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, appeared before Judge Gerard Jones

Three people were arrested as gardaí seized over €100,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis in Co Sligo on Monday

Shane McCarthy (30) of Shanballa, Lahinch Road, Ennis pleaded guilty to sending four lewd images of himself to his then addiction counsellor on May 5th last year

The two men, aged in their 20s and 30s, are currently detained at Garda Stations in Dublin.

Gary Monks was part of a “structured and organised” cell under the control of others that conspired to import cocaine with an estimated value of up to €42 million into Ireland.

Since he started posting about the destructive combination of cocaine and porn, Chris has been contacted by men of all ages from all over the world.

Morgan Ennis of Cherry Orchard Drive, Ballyfermot, appeared before Dublin District Court on Friday.

Cannabis, cocaine, Xanax tablets and amphetamines have been seized during the search of a home in Bruree in Co Limerick.

The price of cocaine is rising due to large drug seizures in recent years, while the drug is being increasingly diluted by dealers to protect profits

Revenue officers seized 55.3kg of suspected cocaine

Stephens Byrnes (33) was found guilty of one count of assault causing harm, and one count of production of a knife during the assault

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis

Gardaí and customs seized 58kg of the drug during searches in Kildare and Wexford this week

Gardaí have seized €97,000 worth of cocaine, cannabis, and ecstasy in Tuam, and arrested a man in his 40s.

Searches were conducted at a business premises in Co Kildare and residential addresses in Co Wexford

Calvin McCormack, of Gaelic Park, Bundoran, is charged with assault causing harm to a young woman at Bundoran Community Library, Station Road, Bundoran.

Between 2013 and 2022, cocaine poisoning deaths increased by 259 per cent, the largest increase of any drug group.

Inspector Young told the sentencing hearing that the boat had made “an attempt to travel towards the path of the Cool Explorer” and that the intention was to make a “rendezvous” with the ship.

The men were arrested on Monday after the drugs, along with €47,000 of cash, were seized during searches at two separate locations in Gorey, Co. Wexford and Shankill, Co. Dublin.

Four men have been arrested after the searches in Dublin and Wexford.

All four men range in age from 31 to 45 and are from outside the jurisdiction.

The 49-year-old was arrested and has been remanded in custody since.

Joseph Kelly, 23, of Clonown, Athlone, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to possessing drugs and having them for sale or supply in Athlone in February 2023.

Gardaí raided the house in question and recovered an estimated €110,000 worth of cannabis, subject to analysis.

When Joachim Ruckweld's luggage was searched, 20 packages containing a total of 4kg of cocaine, valued at €280,250, were found.

At Kilrush District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett said that the drug driving offending by Jonathan Kenny (36), formerly of Elm Drive, Kilrush and now of Querrin, Kilkee, “is very grave”.

Five people were arrested.

Personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau conducted search operations at residential addresses in the Dublin and Wicklow areas on Thursday.

Michael Connors, who admitted a catalogue of serious offences, including endangerment, drug-dealing and money laundering, was also given a 10-year driving ban when he was sentenced at Letterkenny District Court.

The sentence hearing for a pilot of a light aircraft who flew €8.4 million of cocaine into the Midlands from France in 2022 has been moved back until December

The driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving after testing positive for cocaine at the scene.

On Thursday evening, he was charged with six offences and was held pending his appearance before Judge Michele Finan.

In the course of a search of the vehicle, Gardaí discovered approximately 44kg of suspected cocaine with an estimated street value of €3 million

The driver, a man in his 40s, and the vehicle were conveyed to a Garda station in the DMR South for a search under the Misuse of Drugs Act.