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A TOTAL OF 12 scrambler motorcycles, two speed boats, three electric scooters and approximately €681,000 worth of drugs has been seized by Gardaí following a search operation in Dublin.
The vehicles and contraband were discovered during the search of a property in Dublin 1 at around 3:30pm this afternoon.
The search was part of an operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs, as well as anti-social behaviour, in the Dublin 1 area.
Investigators seized cannabis herb with an estimated value of €652,000, cannabis resin with an estimated value of €25,000 and cocaine with an estimated value of €4,000 during the operation.
A garda spokesperson said the drugs will be sent for analysis.
Three men, aged in their 20s, were arrested at the scene and taken to Store Street Garda Station where they are currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
The investigation was part of Operation Tara, An Garda Síochána’s national anti-drugs strategy.
The aim of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels.
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Nice one. Good job lads
Great news well done.
Aww man, I live here in D1 (Railway Street) and there’s two young lads on scramblers day and night. I’d love them to be confiscated. But on the flip side, they don’t have any facility/space like growing up in the suburbs has.
@Alan Wright: Do they wear helmets?
@Alan Wright: Not many young lads with scramblers inn the suburbs!
@Pat Barry: actually, ye know they do. Both are fully kitted out, one in blue, the other in red to match their bikes.
@Chris Gaffney: Ah, maybe it’s just from my experience as a kid, we had banger cars and bikes and lots of empty fields. I suppose that was until the property boom in Sandyford/Leopardstown. I guess those fields became houses and no space for scramblers now.
@Alan Wright: see alan you were in a minority there. The guys on scramblers today are mostly a minority now too. Do what ya likeys. Either end of the specturm.
@james kelly: Maybe/maybe not a minority, but we were far away from disturbing anybody though, I suppose that’s the difference.
@Chris Gaffney: depends on the area.
More Bail and slap on the wrist.
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