Three held over cocaine and cannabis haul

Three men remina in custody today after gardaí seized cocaine and cannabis worth more than €200,000 during dawn raids in Co Wicklow…

Three men remina in custody today after gardaí seized cocaine and cannabis worth more than €200,000 during dawn raids in Co Wicklow.

Several houses in the Bray and Enniskerry areas were targeted at around 7am, with drugs squad officers recovering more than 16 kilos of drugs.

One-and-a-half kilos of cocaine with a street value of €105,000 was seized along with 15 kilos of cannabis valued at €105,000.

The three men, all in their 30s, were arrested under Section Two of the Drug Trafficking Act and taken to garda stations in Bray and Shankill for questioning.

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