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Prescription drugs worth €75k seized from house in Summerhill

A 25-year-old man has been arrested.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man was arrested after gardaí found €75,000 worth of prescription drugs during a planned search of a house in Dublin this morning.

A property in Summerhill was raided at about 8.30am as part of a planned operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the north city centre.

A quantity of cash and other drugs were also discovered.

The suspect is being questioned at Mountjoy garda station.

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    Mute Dave Dson
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:32 PM

    Longest day of the year for that man.

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    Mute Rob
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:04 PM

    The lowlife should be locked up for a long time.These tablets are a scourge Thats what has the city centre ie the boardwalk a no go area.The kids are selling them because its not like getting caught with heroin.They are also unbelievably violent on them as well.Muggings ,stabbings..Make an example of him/her.

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    Mute Griffosaurus
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:11 PM

    Sedatives and muscle relaxants have quite the opposite effects when abused.

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    Mute Aunty Simmonite
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:35 PM

    That’s abusing his medical card…

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    Mute sean t bugger
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:28 PM

    Elmo is a rat

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    Mute Peter Mulligan
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:27 PM

    That sounds like an awful lot of Zimmos !

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    Mute Griffosaurus
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:55 PM

    Maybe s few bluies in there to

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    Mute ptriley
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:16 PM

    They turn zombies into TOTALLY mindless zombies who can’t remember if they killed someone or not !!

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    Mute THE VOICE
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:41 PM

    He will have to get his entire Xmas shopping list for his friends all over again…
    By the time the Gardai release him he will be cutting it tight to get his presents sorted….

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    Mute John Doee
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:38 PM

    All the dirty things in the city are popping tabs now.

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    Mute nelson
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:50 PM

    I wouldn’t get too excited… probably just viagra tabs…

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    Mute Danny Southgate
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:52 PM

    Lock that dealer up for 20 years end of story,

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Dec 21st 2013, 4:58 PM

    I think you should be able to get zimmos (Zopiclone) over the counter. They’re not dangerous like heroin and making them available over the counter will give pharmacists money instead of junkie dealers.
    Loads of people on the journal want us to legalise cannabis and have it available over the counter. Let’s liberalise Zopiclone distribution.
    Green thumbs up if you agree, red thumbs if ya don’t.

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    Mute Bartrude
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    Dec 21st 2013, 5:32 PM

    Over the counter?? :D You have no knowledge of zopiclone so i take it? It is an incredibly powerful drug.
    it used to be available over the counter in spain though, not any more.
    If anyone has seen the National Geographic Drugs Inc. documentaries there are alot of people shooting up the likes of zopiclone & speedballing them with crack all over America. Only a matter of time before people are at it here, if they arent already.

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Dec 21st 2013, 6:10 PM

    I often take Zopiclone. I take maybe one 7.5mg tablet a week usually to get myself back into a routine after the weekend. I bought them off a junkie in Rialto.
    I sometimes take Zolpidem Tartrate. I’m prescribed that. I don’t take one every night.
    I don’t get any side effects. I just think those Z drugs are not bad at all if taken responsibly. They can improve people’s quality of life.
    I’d prefer to buy in a pharmacy though than on the street.

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    Mute significantrisk
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    Dec 21st 2013, 7:15 PM

    What an idiotic comment – zopiclone used correctly can be a very effective and beneficial medication. Used by the idiots who think it should be OTC it is a dangerous, useless drug.

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    Mute THE VOICE
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    Dec 21st 2013, 7:19 PM

    If that’s your real Facebook account and i would be fairly sure it is .
    Your just after telling the whole world that you take illegal drugs, which you buy of a junkie……. Your wife ,kids,parents,employers and family must be so proud of you..Social services will have a field day with you as they take your kids off you…Best the luck explaining this to the Gardai …..
    YOU WILL RE POST AGAIN SAYING THAT YOU WERE ONLY JOKING..

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    Mute Jack Bowden
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    Dec 21st 2013, 7:36 PM

    The Voice, Zopiclone is not illegal. It’s available on prescription it’s just you can freely buy it on the street which can be more convenient than paying €55 to a GP every time you need some.

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    Mute Jim Butler
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    Dec 21st 2013, 7:58 PM

    No Jack, it’s only legal to have it if it is prescribed to you. If you don’t have a prescription for it, it is illegal for you to have it. It’s what’s know as a controlled drug.

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    Dec 21st 2013, 8:02 PM

    @ Jim Butler.
    Couldn’t have put it better myself..

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    Mute nelson
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    Dec 21st 2013, 8:32 PM

    The voice is a rat :-D

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    Mute Fergus McCormack
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    Dec 22nd 2013, 1:07 PM

    Jack the very reason that they need to be prescribed by a Gp would indicate that they are not as harmless as you profess here. Just because you think you get on fine with them once in a while is not a valid reason to make them available over the counter to all and sundry. These drugs have a black market need as they elicit the desired effects.

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    Mute Grumpeee Oldman
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:29 PM

    Maybe she suffered from a lot of migrane..

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    Mute Jesco White
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    Dec 21st 2013, 3:50 PM

    Lots of zimmos for the junkies Christmas dinner.

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    Mute Roisin Mc Quillan
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    Dec 22nd 2013, 2:51 AM

    DRUGS ARE BAD MR. GARRISION :)

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    Mute David Giles
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    Dec 22nd 2013, 12:07 AM

    I wonder where these drugs came from? This is very serious indeed as some of these drugs if abused could kill people.

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    Mute William Mcgee
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    Dec 22nd 2013, 12:14 AM

    perhaps he is supplying people that had their medical cards revoked and cannot buy the medication at the cost been charged in Ireland .

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    Mute Fergus McCormack
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    Dec 22nd 2013, 1:10 PM

    Yeah William………I’d say that’s it alright………a real life Robin Hood!……….Orrrrrr, just going out on a limb here, perhaps he is a drug dealer who just wants to make a quick few bucks and doesn’t give a monkey’s about what happens to those who take them?

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    Mute thomas the tank
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    Dec 21st 2013, 11:47 PM

    Ah hearrrrrr leave irrrrrrr ouuuggghhh

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    Mute greg
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    Dec 21st 2013, 6:37 PM

    That would put one on A DOWNER

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