Drugs with an estimated street value of more than €80,000 were seized in west Dublin on Tuesday.
Two search operations were conducted around midday of wasteland in Tolka Valley Park and Corduff Park in Dublin 15, where a variety of drugs, including cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis, ketamine and alprazolam (xanax) were found.
Gardaí in the Divisional Drugs Unit attached to Finglas conducted the planned search operation as part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched in July 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks at all levels involved in the importation, distribution, production and sale and supply of controlled drugs.
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Gardaí said the seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis while their investigations are ongoing.
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