Gardaí seize drugs worth more than €100,00 after routine traffic stop

Man in his 40s arrested after seizure of cannabis and cocaine

Part of the cannabis and cocaine haul seized by gardaí on Saturday.
Part of the cannabis and cocaine haul seized by gardaí on Saturday.

A man has been been arrested after gardaí found drugs worth more than €100,000 in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.

Officers on traffic duty stopped a car on Grange Road on Saturday as part of a routine traffic stop and found cannabis with a street value of about €5,000.

"A man in his 40s was arrested and taken to Rathmines Garda Station where he is detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984," a Garda statement said. He is due to appear before Dublin District Court on Monday.

"As a result to the discovery a warrant was obtained for a house at Glenmore Court, Rathfarnham. During the course of a search of this house Gardaí discovered a further quantity of cannabis and cocaine with a street value of close to €100,000."