Man arrested after 30kg of cannabis seized off the N7

Gardaí seized approximately €600,000 of suspected cannabis and arrested one person during a search operation conducted in the Rathcoole area as part of Operation Tara on Friday.

During the course of the search operation, which was carried out by Gardaí from the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and the Special Crime Task Force as a result of ongoing investigations targeting organized criminal activity, Gardaí seized approximately 30kgs of suspected herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €600,000.   

A Garda statement added: "A male in his 30s was arrested at the scene and he is currently being detained at Clondalkin Garda Station under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

"The drugs seized will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

"Investigations are ongoing." 

This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on 2nd July 2021. The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.