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GARDAI HAVE SEIZED drugs with an estimated value of €300,000 and arrested one man in Dublin as part of Operation Thistle.
Gardaí attached to the Street Crime Unit at Kevin Street Garda Station carried out a search of a flat in the Whitefriar Gardens apartment complex in Dublin 8 shortly after 9pm last night.
During the search, heroin and mixing agent with a potential street value of €250,000 were discovered, along with cocaine and crack cocaine with an estimated street value of €50,000 (pending analysis).
A 56-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is currently being detained at Kevin Street Garda Station under section two of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act. He can be held for up to seven days.
Investigations are ongoing.
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For once I will say – this is a good bust
No White Christmas for some!
More great work by the Gardai that will be wasted by the judge that guy stands in front of and gives him a light sentence because of his tough life.
@Clever Jake: One simple question for you. Is the Possession of, Use of, Supply or Sale of, prescribed drugs as stated in the Misuse of Drugs Act an offence under said act? Yes or No.
@Clever Jake: So we are agreed that being an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act that it is a breach of Criminal Law. And by anyone’s definition a breach of Criminal Law is a Criminal Offence, ergo a Crime. Now your opinion of that particular law is basicly irrelevant as it doesn’t change the fact that if you are found breaching said law you will find yourself being prosecuted by the state and if found guilty of said criminal offence, being punished by the state. And as for your Question to me. The answer is Yes, very much so. As said laws have been passed by our democratically elected officials and have been tested in the Courts. Now if you feel aggrieved by any of our domestic criminal laws you have the option of seeking re-dress in the ECJ.
€3000,000 taken from the pockets of serious criminals. Well done to those Gardai doing dangerous work keeping us all safe.
Buzzkill
That’s all well and good but there are still some weed dealers out there destroying lives this Christmas.
Christmas is cancelled on the Northside!
@Diar O Doc: lost? This was on the southside.
have your say