Gardaí arrest two burglary suspects; Seize drugs worth €37, 500 in seperate Dublin operation
Two men have been arrested in Dublin in relation to a nationwide spate of burglaries in the past week.
They were taken into custody yesterday afternoon.
Gardaí on patrol had noticed a car in the Saggart area yesterday afternoon, believed to have been used in nine robberies between March 27 and April 1.
They included six homes, a construction site and two businesses.
When officers approached the car, two men fled the scene, and following a foot chase, two men in their 20s were arrested and taken to Clondalkin Garda Station.
The car was seized for a technical examination to take place.
Meanwhile, the Gardaí arrested three men in Dublin yesterday after drugs worth nearly €37, 500 were seized on the canal bank in Clondalkin.
Gardaí, targeting drug dealing in the area, found the three men in a tent hidden in undergrowth with cannabis, cocaine and Dimorphine.
A packaging and distribution facility was also found while 108 packets of cigarettes and tobacco products were located in a follow-up search by the Garda Dog Unit.
