Gardaí last night seized drugs worth €6.5 million which had been smuggled into the country in a consignment of frozen meat before being traced to two locations in Dublin and Kildare
.The drugs were detected as the consignment, which a Revenue spokeswoman said was believed to have originated in the Netherlands, passed through Dublin Port yesterday. It was consigned as “frozen meat products”.
After a search of a premises in Ballyfermot, cannabis with an estimated street value of €3.6 million was seized. A follow-up search uncovered cannabis in Naas, Co Kildare with a street value of €2.9 million.
Two men, aged 36 and 43, have been detained in Clondalkin Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act under which they can be held for up to seven days.
Separately, gardaí in Waterford uncovered a cannabis cultivation unit containing cannabis plants and herbal cannabis with an estimated street value of €60,000 during a planned search of an apartment in Waterford city. A man in his thirties was detained at Waterford Garda station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act.