Two arrested after €1.9m cocaine and cannabis seizure

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Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau Multiple plastic bags on a table filled with the seized drugs.

Two men have been arrested following seizures of €1.9m (£1.6m) worth of cocaine and cannabis in the Republic of Ireland.

Gardaí (Irish police) intercepted a vehicle in Drogheda, County Louth, at about 09:00 local time on Wednesday.

Searches were then undertook at a business premises in Drogheda and two residential properties in Drogheda and north Dublin.

The men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating and enhancing drug trafficking for a criminal organisation and are currently detained at a Louth Garda station.

The simultaneous search operation was a result of ongoing investigations and collaboration between the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Following the operation, Det Ch Supt Seamus Boland said gardaí are committed to the targeting of organisations “that attempt to exploit our land border, for serious criminal activity”.

“Drug traffickers, and those that facilitate and enhance this activity, remain priority targets for our investigations, due to the destruction, violence and intimidation they cause in our communities,” he added.

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