Three men are being held by gardaí after early morning searches in Louth and Dublin uncovered a quantity of cocaine estimated to be worth €1 million.
Two of the men were arrested at Dublin's East Wall after a search of a premises uncovered four kilogrammes of cocaine while a third was taken into custody after a related search in Ardee, Co Louth, turned up a further six kilogrammes.
Two of the men are being held in Store Street Garda Station in Dublin while the third man, arrested in Ardee, is in custody in Navan Garda Station.
All three are being held under the Drug Trafficking Act and can be held for up to a week.
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The operation involved local gardaí and members of the Garda National Drugs Unit.