Revenue and Gardaí seize herbal cannabis worth €680,000 in Clondalkin

This morning (18/05/2017), as part of ongoing joint investigations targeting drug importations, Revenue officers, the Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force conducted a joint intelligence led operation.

A vehicle was intercepted in the Clondalkin area of Dublin, approximately 34Kgs of Herbal Cannabis with an estimated value of €680,000 was seized and a 47 year-old Albanian man was arrested. The man remains in custody at Clondalkin Garda Station, where he is detained under the provisions of Drug Trafficking legislation.

Investigations by Revenue and An Garda Síochána are continuing.

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