Four arrested after major €8.5 million cannabis seizure in Tallaght

Four men have been arrested following a major €8.5 million cannabis seizure in Tallaght.

On Friday 11 October, a joint operation was conducted by personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau and the Tallaght Drug Unit supported by the Revenue Customs Service. Shortly after 3.00pm Gardaí intercepted two vehicles and carried out a planned search of a business premises in the Ballymount area of Tallaght.

In the course of the operation 429 kilos of cannabis with a street value of €8.5 million was seized. Four men aged 31, 45, 52 and 58 were arrested under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 for offences of facilitating and enhancing a criminal organisation to commit drug trafficking offences.

All four are detained under the provisions of Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007 at Garda stations in the Dublin Region.

Following the operation, the head of Organised and Serious Crime, Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said: "This operation is another example of our commitment to target the enablers and facilitators of global drug trafficking networks and our ongoing efforts to make Ireland a difficult environment for them to operate in.”