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The drugs. Garda Press Office

Two arrested after €300,000 of heroin, cocaine and cannabis seized

The assorted drugs were discovered in two premises.

TWO MEN HAVE been arrested after €300,000 worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis were seized in Dublin’s south inner city.

Gardaí from the Dublin Metropolitan Region’s south central division, along with members of the Garda Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, Special Detective Unit and officers from the Criminal Assets Bureau carried out a number of planned searches within the Kevin Street region this morning.

The assorted drugs were discovered in two premises, one on York Street and the other in the Mount Browne area.

Two men, one aged 22 and one in his mid 40s, have been arrested and are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice, (Drug Trafficking), Act, 1996 at Kevin Street and Kilmainham Garda Stations.

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    Mute Paul Dinkin
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    May 18th 2016, 1:54 PM

    Looks like the end bits of black pudding and a slab of real butter.

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    May 18th 2016, 2:05 PM

    Breakfast at your house must be very interesting…

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    May 18th 2016, 1:59 PM

    Nice one, any catch that keeps some skag off the streets is welcome.

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    May 18th 2016, 2:25 PM

    Another good catch for the boys in blue

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    May 18th 2016, 3:00 PM

    And with that, no more drugs will ever arrive at our shores, the war has been won.

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    May 18th 2016, 3:12 PM

    That war is long over. The people on drugs won.

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    May 18th 2016, 3:45 PM

    There are no real winners in that war Monty, certainly the addicts are not winning.

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    Mute Uncle Monty
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    May 18th 2016, 3:48 PM

    The amount of addicts compared to the amount of people that take drugs is tiny. Drugs are great. (Use drugs responsibly)

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    May 18th 2016, 1:52 PM

    Heroin…mount “browne”….

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    May 18th 2016, 4:07 PM

    Morons who know everything bout nothing post on this sad excuses for humanity taking glee in others misfortune

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    May 18th 2016, 6:42 PM

    They will only be a little upset in the Mount Brown Hostel , now they will just have to phone for another delivery ! Tragedy or What .

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    May 21st 2016, 11:57 AM

    The Mount Brown Hostel is for the homeless, you should check your facts before posting you idiot, its morons like you that perpetuate false information and claim it as fact.

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