Over €2M In Drugs Seized By Gardaí

Monday, 17 July 2023 06:34

Over €100,000 in cash was also found.

Drugs worth €2.1 million have been seized in Westmeath and Kildare.

Gardaí found cocaine and cannabis as well as over €112,000 in cash following searches in both counties on Saturday.

It led to the arrest of five men and one woman - Two of the men have been charged and will appear before Naas District Court this morning.

Another man and woman have since been released without charge pending a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Two other men remain in Garda custody.

Following the arrests Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly, the officer in charge of the Organised and Serious Crime section remarked:

"I commend the detectives involved in this successful operation to disrupt an organised criminal group exploiting our communities. This work shows our absolute determination to target the activities of key individuals involved in the production and distribution of controlled drugs. Illicit pill manufacturing is undertaken in dangerous clandestine facilities with no control measures whatsoever in place, adding to the risk to end users”.