The drugs seized will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.

Four men, three in their 30s and one in his 20s were arrested and are held in a Garda station in the North Western Region.

Joseph Rogerson (73), formerly of Elmgrove, Ballybrack and lately of Tenerife, itted possessing cocaine and heroin for sale or supply on June 12th, 2005 in his car on Rock Road, Blackrock and later at a house in Ballybrack, Co Dublin.

The court heard Josh Keating (22) co-operated fully with gardaí following his arrest in September 2020

Kuong Lo Leong (53) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of the cannabis worth €500,842

Imposing the prison term, the judge said Limerick man Paul Collopy was involved in drug dealing 'at a significant level of expertise'

Patrick Bell (55) was caught in September 2019 in possession of heroin with an estimated street value of €136,640

Counsel for Francis Kelly (33) said his client overdosed in 2020, two years after these offences, adding that it was "a watershed moment for him"

A heroin wholesaler living in Blarney who was ‘brazen’ in preparing drugs for sale in his kitchen even though he knew gardaí were calling to check his curfew on another drugs case had his sentence of 17 years reduced to 13 years yesterday.