Men released in drugs inquiry

Two men arrested at the weekend in connection with a €600,000 drug seizure have been released without charge, gardaí said.

Two men arrested at the weekend in connection with a €600,000 drug seizure have been released without charge, gardaí said.

The men had been questioned after a quantity of cannabis herb was seized following a joint Garda/Customs operation on Saturday.

Gardai had stopped and searched a truck at Rathcoole, Co Dublin and, as part of the same operation a van was stopped on the N4 near Celbridge, Co Kildare.

Two men in their 30s and both from Dublin were arrested and questioned under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act at Clondalkin Garda station.

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They were released without charge last night and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions, a Garda statement said.