Over five million euros worth of drugs have been seized in Dublin.
Five people, including 4 men and a woman, were arrested by gardai following the discovery yesterday evening and are being detained at various garda stations in the capital.
In the first part of the operation Gardaí stopped a van and a car on Ballymun Road in Dublin city where they seized approximately 90kg of Cannabis resin.
Three men- one aged in his 20s, one in his 30s, and one in his 70s-were arrested. The men are being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act at Ballymun and Finglas Garda stations.
In a follow up operation in a unit at North Dublin Business Park, Gardaí seized approximately 240kg of cannabis herb. A forth man in his 30s was also arrested and he is being held at Blanchardstown Garda Station.
A short time later a woman in her 30s was arrested in the Ballymun area and she is questioned at Blanchardstown Garda Station.
Gardai say the total value of the drugs seized is thought to be worth in the region of 5.1 million Euro.
It's part of on-going intelligence-led operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs led by the Garda National Drugs Unit assisted by local Garda Drug Units in Dublin.
