Man questioned over cocaine seizure in Dublin

Gardaí find fake passports, quantity of cash in search of premises on Moore Street

Drugs and mixing agents seized by gardaí in Dublin on Wednesday. Photograph: Garda press office
Drugs and mixing agents seized by gardaí in Dublin on Wednesday. Photograph: Garda press office

Gardaí are questioning a man over the seizure of drugs and two fake passports in Dublin this week.

A substance gardaí believe is crack cocaine with a street value of about €3,000 was seized by gardaí based at Store Street when they searched a premises on Moore Street on Wednesday.

Two false passports where also seized during the search.

A man in his 30s was arrested and is currently detained under section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Store Street Garda station.

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A Garda spokesman said 1.6kg of what was believed to be cocaine was seized during a follow-up search in south Dublin. It has an estimated street value of €112,000.

Mixing agents, scales and a quantity of cash were also seized in that search.

“This seizure was the result of a lengthy surveillance operation by gardaí from Store Street Garda station and was aimed at disrupting a supply chain in the Dublin region,” the spokesman said.