Attack weapons and heroin worth €280,000 were seized in Dublin

GARDAÍ have seized £280,000 worth of suspected heroin and a number of offensive weapons during searches in Dublin.

The items were discovered during a search of several properties in Dublin 8 on Friday.

The 2kg of drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

Gardaí said the operation was part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of drugs and criminal activity in the Dublin 2 area.

The search was supported by the Armed Support Unit, the Street Crime Unit, the Divisional Crime Task Force and gardaí from Operation Citizen.

No arrests were made during the search operation and the investigation is ongoing.

“Significant seizure”

Also on Friday, gardaí arrested three people and seized cash worth €390,650 during searches in Dublin and Portlaoise.

Initially, a large amount of cash was seized after gardaí alongside the Garda National Drugs and Organized Crime Bureau (GNDOCB) stopped two vehicles in west Dublin on Friday evening.

A man in his 40s and another in his 60s and a woman in her 50s were arrested and held at a garda station in north Dublin.

Follow-up searches in Dublin and Portlaoise led to further cash seizures.

“I would like to thank all the officers involved in the operation that resulted in this significant cash seizure,” said Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly.

“Seizing cash from organized criminal groups not only deprives them of their ill-gotten gains, but also deprives them of money that would have been used to fund further criminal activity, harming our communities.”