The discovery was made in Allenwood yesterday.
Two men have been arrested after a €5m drug seizure in County Kildare.
Around 72 kilos of cocaine were discovered during searches of a vehicle and home in the Allenwood area yesterday afternoon.
The two men, aged in their 50s and 60s, are being detained at a Garda station in Kildare.
Assistance Commissioner of Organised and Serious Crime, Angela Willis, has labelled the operation "another significant seizure of cocaine destined for the Irish market."
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