Investigations are ongoing.
On Friday 30 March, as part of ongoing investigations being conducted by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau targeting serious and organised cross-jurisdictional criminal activity with the assistance of Europol, a search was carried out at a premises located on Tullow Road, Carlow.
A significant quantity of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €1.6 million was recovered along with cash totalling €21,000. Two males aged 38 and 39 were arrested.
Both males are currently detained under drug trafficking legislation at Kilkenny Garda Station.
Speaking about this ongoing investigation Assistant Commissioner John O’Driscoll, head of Special Crime Operations, spoke about how the arrests made are as a result of Gardaí liaising with authorities on an international level.
“This significant drug seizure and associated arrests are the consequence of ongoing liaison on the part of An Garda Síochána, at an international level,” O’Driscoll said.
“The seizure of cannabis herb at a premises in Carlow arises from ongoing liaison with law enforcement authorities in Europol and Poland with whom we are jointly targeting an organised crime group.”
Gardaí also recovered two firearms and arrested four people on Friday, 30 March as part of ongoing investigations targeting serious criminal activity in the Dublin Region by the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau supported by the Special Crime Task Force.
Three males aged 26, 28 and 29 and one female aged 28 were arrested and are currently detained at Clondalkin Garda Station under the provisions of Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939.
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