Two arrested after €198,000 drug haul seized in Dublin raid

14 May 2026 , 14:26

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Two arrested after €198,000 drug haul seized in Dublin raid

A man and a woman have been arrested after €198,000 worth of drugs were seized in Dublin city on Wednesday.

Gardaí conducted searches of a residential premises in Dublin 8 as part of Operation Tara. These searches resulted in the recovery of approximately €175,000 worth of suspected alprazolam tablets and €23,000 worth of suspected cannabis. The drugs seized will be sent for further analysis. A man and a woman, both aged in their 40s, have been arrested in connection with this seizure.

They are both currently being held under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Garda Stations in Dublin.

Thomas Brown

Head of Investigations