Over €235,000 of heroin seized during searches in Dublin and Meath

One man has been arrested and over €235,000 in heroin has been seized during searches conducted in county Dublin and county Meath.

The searches were carried out on Wednesday, January 3, by gardaí from the Finglas Divisional Drugs Unit in an operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Dublin area.

"At approximately 10am on Wednesday 3rd January 2024, gardaí from the Finglas Drugs Unit, the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) West Search Team and the garda Dog Unit conducted a search under warrant at a premises in the Scribblestown area of Dublin 15," gardaí said in a press release.

During the course of this search, approximately €81,200 of suspected heroin was seized and a man in his thirties was arrested.

He is currently being detained at a garda station in west Dublin under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

A follow-up search was later conducted by the Finglas Drugs Unit assisted by the Meath Drugs Unit at a premises near Navan in Meath where approximately €155,400 of suspected heroin was seized, along with a hydraulic press.

The seized drugs, valued at a total of €236,600, will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis, and investigations are ongoing.