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Updated 9.53am
TWO MEN ARE to appear before a sitting of Dublin District Court this morning charged in connection with the seizure of €120,000 worth of cocaine and cannabis herb in south Dublin yesterday.
A file is to be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
The drugs, with an estimated street value of up to €120,000, were seized by gardaí yesterday as part of an operation tackling the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the south of the city.
Gardaí conducted a planned stop of a car on Camden Street yesterday morning. During the search of the car cocaine with an estimated street value of up to €20,000 (pending analysis) was seized and two men, aged 35 and 49 years, were arrested.
They are currently being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act at Donnybrook and Kevin Street garda stations.
In a follow up operation a house was searched in Ranelagh and cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €100,000 (pending analysis) was seized.
A 27-year-old woman was arrested at the scene. She has since been released without charge.
Separately, another man, aged in his 30s, is to appear before the Dublin District Court this morning.
His appearance relates to the uncovering of a cocaine stash house on Dublin’s Moore Street yesterday morning.
€115,000 worth of cocaine was seized in the operation.
Originally published 20.00, 25 March 2016
Additional reporting Cianan Brennan
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Is there any logical reason why farming and eating dog should be illegal? The animals we normally eat (cow, sheep, goat, etc) tend to be herbivores, so are easier to farm and taste different than carnivores. But beyond that, surely if we can humanely farm and eat species X, we should be allowed to eat species Y if it is also farmed in a humane manner?
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: How many pet cows do you have? Do you take your goat for a walk everyday.
Whilst there may be some validity to your argument I think you’ll find the overwhelming majority of people actually see their pet dogs as something more, even part of the family. So the prospect of chowing down on Lassie is not very appealing to most.
@damien leen: I don’t think Koreans were eating their pet dogs though.
@Sean O’Dhubhghaill: have you seen the way they’re killed, thrown alive into a pot of boiling water…r u ok with that!
@Clare Power: Hot dogs? Mmmmm,I love ‘em
@Larry Betts: stop Larry, yr supposed to be the funny man here
@Clare Power: boohoo
@Tom Dillon: oh that’s alrite then… C’mon man!
@Clare Power: I hope the EU doesn’t now ban German Shepherd Pie
@Larry Betts: I said your supposed to be funny Larry!!
@Clare Power: I’m never again going to ask for a doggie bag whenever I’m in a restaurant.
I’ve no time for people that haven’t empathy for animals, there’s something missing in their soul…my opinion…
About time
No more wokking the dog, as it were…
Well done, South Korea.
Lassie ain’t coming home!
For those who can’t now eat dog,they will feast on tasty Not Poodles
Koreans have swapped dogs for babies. The population has gone through the floor. By the way dog stew or boshintang is delicious – a little like a spicy lamb stew. Why should people be forced to abandon their own foid culture? Westerners complain about migrants swamping their own culture while imposing their values and culture on Asian, African and other indigenous cultures. No one who supports the banning of dog meat in Korea should oppose the imposition of Sharia in Ireland.
Personally, I think it’s barking mad decision by the government.
Banning dog meat will only lead farmers to go underground with their business.
Instead of a regulated price for the meat, meat prices could fetch a higher price due to the ban from the dog meat ban.
Anyone for a Chinese ?
@Jb Walshe: It’s only now that I realise what the Indians put in a madras curry,omg
The way some people anthromorphosise dogs, and cats, is beyond ridiculous. If some people want to eat dogs then let them.
Wokery. Wok wokery.
It’s not the eating I have a problem with, it’s the way they are “prepared”, the wire binding the limbs and mouth, the tape to stop them screaming , it’s the skinning alive, the boiling alive, the torture to promote the myth that the meat tastes better. I, for one, am extremely happy with the ban, it should be immediate, not in 3 years. It’s not just farmed dogs, it’s the stolen pets too that are affected.
Foid=food
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