Two remain in custody over Meath drugs raids

Gardai are continuing to question to men this evening who were arrested in a follow-up raid to a major drugs operation in Co …

Gardai are continuing to question to men this evening who were arrested in a follow-up raid to a major drugs operation in Co Meath.

The men - both in the their 20s - were arrested after a further two searches were carried out in the Ballivor area.

They are being questioned at Trim Garda Station under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act and they can be held for 12 hours.

The searches follow four raids in Co Meath over the August bank holiday weekend which netted more than €1.4 million (£945,000 sterling) worth of cannabis, cocaine and heroin, as well as firearms and ammunition.

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Gardai said they believed they had broken up one of the biggest drugs operations in the north-east.

Yesterday Gardaí detained another two men, also in their 20s, after seizing small amounts of drugs believed to be cocaine and cannabis.

The searches yesterday took place in the Navan and Athboy areas.

The men were later released without charge, and a file was prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.