Youths held after big cocaine haul

Two 15-year-old youths were arrested in Dublin on Saturday after €70,000 worth of cocaine was seized by the Clondalkin Garda …

Two 15-year-old youths were arrested in Dublin on Saturday after €70,000 worth of cocaine was seized by the Clondalkin Garda drugs unit.

The teenagers were seen acting suspiciously in Clondalkin and when stopped were found to have cocaine on them.

In a follow-up search of a house in Crokagh Park in Clondalkin, more cocaine was found and also some drug-dealing paraphernalia.

The 15-year-olds were detained on Saturday at Clondalkin Garda station under Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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Later on Saturday in a separate incident, three men were arrested and four handguns recovered in an operation in Swords, north Co Dublin.

In a house search in the Swords area as part of Operation Anvil, the guns were found and three men, all foreign nationals in their 20s, were arrested.

Marie O'Halloran

Marie O'Halloran

Marie O'Halloran is Parliamentary Correspondent of The Irish Times