Cannabis worth almost €500,000 has been seized in Tallaght.
€100,000 worth of cannabis herb was discovered when a car was stopped and searched on Cheeverstown Road at around 8 o'clock last night.
A woman in her 40s and a man in his late teens were arrested.
As part of Operation Tara, Tallaght Gardaí have seized €100,000 of suspected cannabis herb following the search of a vehicle in Cheeverstown Road, Tallaght last night.
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Separately a planned search of a property was carried out in the area at 9.30pm. €378,000 worth of cannabis resin was uncovered during the raid. A man in his 40s was arrested.
A garda spokesperon says; "As part of Operation Tara, Gardaí in Tallaght stopped a vehicle on Cheeverstown Road, Tallaght and in a separate incident conducted a planned search under warrant at a residential property in Tallaght last night Wednesday 20th December, 2023.At approximately 8pm, last night Gardaí attached to the Serious Crime Unit at Tallaght Garda station stopped and searched a vehicle on Cheeverstown Road, Tallaght. During the course of the search cannabis herb with an estimated value of €100,000 (analysis pending) was seized. A female (aged in her 40s) and male (late teens) were arrested at the scene and taken to a Garda station in South Dublin. Both are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.At approximately 9.30pm, a search operation under warrant was conducted by the Tallaght District Drug unit of a residential property in Tallaght. During the course of the search cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €378,000 (analysis pending) was seized. One man, aged in his 40s was arrested at the scene and taken to a Garda station in South Dublin. He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996."
