Louth sites raided in €8.5 million drug seizure

An Garda Síochána has confirmed that as part of an intelligence-led investigation under Operation Tara, personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau conducted an intervention of a vehicle in Meath.

Coordinated searches were subsequently conducted in a number of locations in Counties Meath and Louth.

During the course of the operation, Gardaí seized suspected drugs with an estimated value of €8.5 million.

Two males aged in their 30s and 40s were arrested and are currently detained, pursuant to the provisions of Section 50 of Criminal Justice Act 2007, at a Garda Station in the Eastern Region.

An Garda Síochána said that the seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis, and that investigations are ongoing.

The seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by the Garda Commissioner in July 2021.

The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs