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Significant quantities and cash were seized during the search operation
A MAN has been arrested following a significant seizure of drugs and cash during an intelligence-led garda operation targeting organised crime
Gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized cocaine with an estimated street value of €1.2m along with significant sums of cash during ongoing operations in Counties Dublin and Meath.
The operations are part of intelligence-led investigations targeting organised criminal activity under Operation Tara.
The seizures were made at around 4pm on Monday when officers attached to the GNDOCB supported by the Emergency Response Unit, intercepted two vehicles in The Ward area of Dublin near the Meath border.
Cocaine with an estimated street value of €1.2 million was seized and searches were subsequently commenced at three business premises, six residential properties and lands at two locations in The Ward area.
"In the course of the searches cash totalling €350,000 and £28,000 in sterling was seized along with financial documentation, vehicles, electronic devices, a money counter and a vacuum-packing machine," said a garda spokesperson.
A 40-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of committing organised crime offences pursuant to Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 and he is currently detained, pursuant to the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at a garda station in County Meath.
The operation is being supported by the Defence Forces along with other National and Divisional Garda units and the Criminal Assets Bureau.
Commenting on the operation, Assistant Commissioner of Organised and Serious Crime, Justin Kelly said: "The focus of An Garda Síochána is preventing harm to our communities. This operation has prevented a significant amount of cocaine making it onto our streets for supply, the profit from which would have been reinvested, not only in further drugs supply, but also to fuel other forms of violence and harm. Seizing this huge sum of cash is a significant blow for this organised crime group and demonstrates our strategy to dismantle such groups and deprive them of their illicit profits."
The operation is ongoing and further updates are expected.
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