Suspected cannabis, cocaine and ketamine were discovered within food packaging following a search in Newtownabbey.

One man, aged in his late 30s, was arrested and held ina Garda station in the Eastern Region.

Gardaí intercepted two vehicles shortly after 8.30pm in the Swords area of North County Dublin and also conducted a search of a residential premises in Shankill, Co. Dublin.

€560,000 worth of suspected cocaine was seized yesterday during searches at a number of locations under Operation Tara.

The man in his 30s has been charged and is due to appear before the evening sitting of Court 1, Criminal Court of Justice Dublin, on Saturday evening.

Gardaí conducted the search of a residence and an open ground area in south Limerick city on Thursday.

A man has been arrested after millions of euro worth of cocaine was seized in Co Wexford.

The follows a search warrant carried out at a residential property in Finglas, Dublin 11.

Gardaí had originally estimated that the suspected illegal drugs seized in The Ward on Friday were worth around €8 million. 

Tim Gilchrist was 'caught red-handed' with 120kg of cocaine in his car

Large quantities of suspected cannabis herbs, cocaine and MDMA, along with a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition, were seized.

The MDMA was seized following a search, under warrant, of a premises in Castlebar.

The man in his 50s was arrested and detained at a Garda station in Dublin.

A man in his 60s was arrested after 139 kilos of cannabis herb, worth €2.7 million, was discovered on Tuesday in Wexford as part of an operation involving gardaí and revenue.

The Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) arrested Sean Mackey, 53, and two other men during an operation on February 22nd.

Revenue officers discovered 55 kilograms of herbal cannabis concealed within a consignment of bottled water and garden supplies found in a van

The man in his 50s has been charged and bailed to appear before Limerick District Court on Friday morning. 

Gardaí stopped and searched a vehicle on the M50 near Blanchardstown at about 5pm on Wednesday

Some 546kg of the drug was found, worth an estimated €32.8 million.

\The seized drugs, totalling €236,600 will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland.

Cannabis with an estimated value of €490,000 was seized.

Three designer watches and a luxury car were also seized at the property.

The man, aged in his early 40s, was arrested at the scene

The seizure was the largest in the history of the State

The drugs seized will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.

Helen McEntee’s comments come after an elite Army unit stormed a cargo ship to capture the biggest drugs seizure in the history of the State.

Six men have now been detained for questioning about the largest drugs haul in the history of the Irish state.

The drugs were found on a Panamanian-registered vessel in a major joint agency operation off the south-east coast of Ireland