Gardaí seize €190,000 of drugs and make arrest after Tallaght operation

Gardaí have seized drugs with an estimated street value in excess of €190,000 and made one arrest in Tallaght on Thursday night.

In a statement tonight, it said that as part of Operation Tara and ongoing investigations targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Tallaght area, members of the Tallaght Drugs Unit, assisted by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, stopped a vehicle travelling on the N7.

During the course of a search, gardaí discovered cocaine with an estimated value of €100,000 concealed in the car.

The driver, male in his 40s, was arrested and remains in Garda custody.

In follow-up searches at a residential address in the Old Bawn area of Tallaght, gardaí recovered further controlled drugs, including cocaine (valued at €29,890), crystal methamphetamine (€47,250), cannabis (€9,520) and oxycodone (€7,000). Cash totalling €15,320 was also seized.