Man arrested as gardaí seize cannabis worth €80k

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Man Arrested As Gardaí Seize Cannabis Worth €80K
The man in his 50s was arrested and detained for questioning. Photo: An Garda Síochána.
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Gardaí arrested a man and seized cannabis herb worth more than €80,000 in north Dublin on Saturday.

The drugs were seized during a planned search of a residential property in Donabate by gardaí from the Divisional Drugs unit based at Coolock station.

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The man in his 50s was arrested and detained for questioning under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Swords Garda station.

He has since been released pending further enquiries, and gardaí said investigations are ongoing in a statement.

The seizure comes as part of Operation Tara, which gardaí launched this month to target street-level drug dealing in cities, towns and villages across the country.

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