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Two men arrested after over €5m worth of drugs seized

Revenue officers seized 20kg of heroin and 37kg of cocaine
Revenue officers seized 20kg of heroin and 37kg of cocaine

Two men have been arrested following the seizure of over €5 million worth of drugs in Co Meath.

Revenue officers seized 20kg of heroin and 37kg of cocaine with an estimated value of around €5,390,000 yesterday.

The two men, aged in their 60s, have been detained at a garda station in Meath under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act.

The seizure was made as a result of an intelligence-led joint operation conducted by Revenue's Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Eastern Region colleagues, the Meath/Westmeath Divisional Drugs and Crime Units.

Gardaí have said that investigations remain ongoing.