A man in his 30s has been charged in connection with a €2 million drugs seizure in Dublin last week.
The man is due to appear in court in Dublin this afternoon over the discovery of cocaine valued at €2 million on Thursday last.
The discovery of the drugs at a house in Tallaght led gardaí to carry out a follow-up operation on Corrib Road, Terenure, during which they found a cocaine mixing and bagging operation controlled by a south Dublin gang.
Gardai recovered cocaine valued at €9.5 million at the Terenure house. A 24-year-old woman and 29-year-old man were arrested at the scene. They were released from custody yesterday.
Gardaí initially discovered cocaine and dental anaesthetic worth €2 million at the house in the Cushlawn estate in Tallaght. Gardaí believe the anaesthetic, known as lignocaine, was being mixed with pure cocaine at the property to bulk it up, before the mix was being divided into bags for sale to other drug dealers.
In the Tallaght property gardaí also found weighing scales, compressing equipment and a large quantity of plastic bags, all of which were being used to process pure cocaine into bulked-up parcels for resale. Some €60,000 in cash was also found.
Gardaí believe the drugs found in Terenure on Sunday night would have been brought to the Tallaght property for “processing” had the haul not been seized.