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The 500kgs of the drug was discovered as part of an intelligence-led operation carried out yesterday
The 500kgs of the drug was discovered as part of an intelligence-led operation carried out yesterday.
The Revenue’s Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) and Clare Divisional Drugs Unit, as well as gardaí from the Limerick Division took part in the joint operation.
Two men in their 60s were arrested by gardai and are currently detained at Garda stations in Clare and Limerick under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996.
A Garda spokesperson said a raid was carried out on a residential property where two pallets containing over 500kgs of cannabis herb, valued at more than €10 million, were recovered.
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“The seized cannabis will be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI),” the spokesperson added. “Investigations remain ongoing and further updates will follow.”
Gardai said the seizure forms part of Operation Tara, the enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in 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.
Revenue added in a statement that the seizure is part of ongoing joint investigations involving organised crime groups and the importation, sale and supply of illegal drugs.
“If businesses, or members of the public, have any information regarding drug smuggling, they can contact Revenue in confidence on phone number 1800 295 295,” a Revenue spokesperson said.
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