Gardaí investigating the activities of a Dublin based criminal gang have seized 5kg of cocaine during an operation at Oldtown in Co Meath.
A man in his 20s has been arrested.
The drugs were recovered by Gardai from Balbriggan Garda Station assisted by members of the Garda National Drugs Unit.
The man was arrested at Malahide Road in Clontarf and is being held at Balbriggan Garda Station, where he can be detained for seven days.
The drugs recovered have a street value of at least €350,000, but this figure may rise as the drugs undergo laboratory analysis.
Detectives are tonight examing the possibility the seizure could be linked to a seizure of 12kg of cocaine at Garristown in north county Dublin in July.
