Four men have been arrested after Gardaí in Dublin seized 35 kilos of herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €700,000.
A van was stopped and searched in Templeogue shortly after 11am yesterday. Some 21 kilos of the drug was found in the vehicle and a 42-year-old man was arrested.
A further 14 kilos of herbal cannabis and ammunition was discovered in an apartment at Swiftbrook in City West during a follow-up search.
Three more men, two aged 37 and one aged 31, were also arrested under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
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Three of the men have been charged in connection with the seizure. The fourth man has been released without charge.