Man (30s) arrested after gardaí seize cannabis worth €730k in Tallaght

Eva Osborne

A man in his 30s has been arrested after gardaí and Revenue seized 36.5kg of herbal cannabis in Dublin on Friday.

As part of an intelligence-led operation involving the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and the Revenue Customs Service, a van was stopped in Tallaght and cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €700,000 was seized.

In a follow-up search, cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €30,000 was recovered.

The man in his 30s was subsequently arrested and is being detained in a Garda Station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis, gardaí said, and investigations are ongoing.