Four held after €1.5m drug seizure

Four men have been arrested following a significant cocaine seizure in Co Dublin this afternoon.

Four men have been arrested following a significant cocaine seizure in Co Dublin this afternoon.

The drugs, estimated to be worth about €1.5 million, were discovered after gardaí in the Balbriggan Drug Unit stopped and searched a car in Balrothery, Balbriggan, Co Dublin earlier today.

Two men were arrested and a follow-up search of a house in the area, which uncovered drug paraphenalia, led to the arrests of two more men.

Three of the men are being held at Balbriggan Garda station, with one man detained at Swords Garda station, under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice act 1996.

Ciara O'Brien

Ciara O'Brien

Ciara O'Brien is an Irish Times business and technology journalist