Customs seize €120,000 of herbal cannabis in Drumcondra

In a joint intelligence-led operation between Officers from Revenue's Customs Service and Gardaí from the Ballymun Drugs Unit, 10 kilos of herbal cannabis were seized from a residential premises in Drumcondra.

The drugs, with an estimated street value of €120,000, had earlier arrived into Dublin Airport in a consignment from South Africa.

Two South African males in their mid forties were arrested and are being detained at Ballymun Garda Station.

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