'Cocaine factory' found in Kildare: Three men arrested
The illicit drugs have an estimated value of €640,000.
As part of an intelligence-led joint operation involving Revenue Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB), approximately 32kg of suspected herbal cannabis was seized following the interception of two vehicles in the Kildare area on Tuesday.
The illicit drugs have an estimated value of €640,000.
Three men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of drug trafficking and are currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Garda Stations in the Kildare area.
Gardaí said that as part of this operation, a search was carried out at a business premises in the Ballymore Eustace area, during which a fully operational cocaine production laboratory was discovered.
Investigations are ongoing.