A man has been arrested after cocaine and cash worth over €1.5 million was seized in Dublin and Meath.
During searches in The Ward area of Dublin near the Meath border on Monday, cocaine with an estimated street value of €1.2 million was seized.
Additional searches as part of Operation Tara uncovered cash totalling €350,000 and £28,000 (€32,730) was seized along with financial documentation, vehicles, electronic devices, a money counter and a vacuum-packing machine.
The 40-year-old man was detained at a garda station in Co Meath and later charged in connection with the seizure.
Commenting on the operation, Assistant Commissioner of Organised and Serious Crime, Justin Kelly said: "The focus of An Garda Síochána is preventing harm to our communities.
"This operation has prevented a significant amount of cocaine making it onto our streets for supply, the profit from which would have been reinvested, not only in further drugs supply, but also to fuel other forms of violence and harm.
"Seizing this huge sum of cash is a significant blow for this organised crime group and demonstrates our strategy to dismantle such groups and deprive them of their illicit profits."
