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The seizure of cannabis. Garda Press Office

Man arrested after gardaí seized €1.6 million of cannabis in west Dublin

The raid was carried out in the Newcastle area yesterday.

GARDAI HAVE SEIZED over €1.6 million worth of cannabis in a raid on a premises in west Dublin.

Officers from the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau assisted by the Special Crime Task Force investigating serious organised criminal activity carried out a search in an industrial unit in Newcastle, west Dublin, yesterday.

A man in his late 30s was arrested by gardaí. He is being held at Clondalkin Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

Gardaí said that the investigation is ongoing.

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    Mute The Viking
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    Dec 6th 2017, 6:55 PM

    Have to admit. Some very real major busts of late.. Some info must be getting passed to the right sources. Some very real Garda work too. Well done lads. Hitting them where it hurts. The pocket and their paranoid heads..

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    Mute Karl
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    Dec 6th 2017, 10:11 PM

    @Clever Jake: back on the meds please

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    Mute Karl
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    Dec 7th 2017, 9:53 AM

    @Clever Jake: no, intelligent people do not want heroin legalized. Not at all and most people, myself included that deal with drug users can see the damage it causes.

    But then, when someone uses a youtube clip as evidence, I don’t expect reasonable debate.

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    Mute MyBrokenKnees
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    Dec 6th 2017, 6:57 PM

    Great work by the Gardai!

    It’s such a pity they got get the proper support from the judiciary!!

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    Mute Noel James Doherty
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    Dec 6th 2017, 7:15 PM

    @MyBrokenKnees: got get? You high

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    Mute Domhnall McMahon
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    Dec 6th 2017, 8:33 PM

    @Noel James Doherty: that marijuana stuff up to no good again

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    Mute POS51
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    Dec 6th 2017, 6:54 PM

    Haha drop in the ocean, someome mentioned a drought on here the other day, there hasnt been a weed drought in dublin in 15 years. Thankfully!

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    Mute Mary Loony Mc Donald
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    Dec 6th 2017, 7:01 PM

    @POS51: keep killing the brain cells and maybe catching lung cancer.

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    Mute Presuming Ed
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    Dec 6th 2017, 7:25 PM

    @Mary Loony Mc Donald: Just cook with it or vape and don’t be worrying about cancer, Mary.

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    Mute Derek
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    Dec 6th 2017, 8:24 PM

    @Mary Loony Mc Donald: stick to the highly addictive and nationally abused alcohol ‘Mary’ which causes countless deaths across the country annually while being one of the primary causes for packed A&E departments every weekend, causes untold public damage and police work and over time, fills our courts with drunk and disorderly and assault cases, car crashes and vehicles related deaths and domestic violence. Not to mind the ill health effects of thousands of abusers with liver damage, cancer and related heart problems. Ignorance and hypocrisy is staggering regarding alcohol in this country with nothing but tired old lies and misinformation regarding cannabis use. At least the rest of the world is slowly breaking free of dogma and vested interests and reaping the rewards.

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    Mute Benny Dowling
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    Dec 6th 2017, 8:36 PM

    @Derek: relax the kacks. Life is both addictive and fatal however u choose to live it. Enjoy the ride

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    Mute Nollaig Elliot
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:00 PM

    @Mary Loony Mc Donald: If you drink alcohol, you do both, and worse than marijuana. Alcohol was created by man. Weed was here long before we were.

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    Mute Nollaig Elliot
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:01 PM

    @Presuming Ed: I heart vaping. Haven’t done edibles in ages though. Next level stuff.

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    Mute Chamillionaire
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:17 PM

    @Mary Loony Mc Donald: that’s cigarettes and alcohol mary , it’s no wonder you’re a loony

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    Mute Nollaig Elliot
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:37 PM

    @Chamillionaire: 5.5 million deaths per year globally from cigarettes. Same as the holocaust only annually.

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    Mute Mary Loony Mc Donald
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:39 PM

    @Chamillionaire: so smoking weed doesn’t cause lung cancer..inhaling smoke is good for you..where did we hear that before..

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    Mute Ollie Lad
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    Dec 7th 2017, 12:32 AM

    @Mary Loony Mc Donald: you got any scientific proof of this ??

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    Mute Acedeuce
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    Dec 6th 2017, 6:53 PM

    So a €50 bags worth was found so

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    Mute Tony Maguire
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    Dec 6th 2017, 7:29 PM

    They never disclose the weight value of the seizures anymore, it’s only ever the monetary value, I think this is so we can’t work out if they’re fabricating the value!
    maybe I’m just cynical……

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    Mute Joe Bloggs
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    Dec 6th 2017, 8:06 PM

    @Tony Maguire: weights are disclosed at trial.

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Dec 7th 2017, 8:52 PM

    @Tony Maguire: I know nothing about it, but when they did give weights, people were doing a price comparison!

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    Mute Alison Maguire
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    Dec 6th 2017, 6:57 PM

    Be a lot of cops buying munchies tonight

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    Mute billy Dorney
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    Dec 6th 2017, 7:00 PM

    Delighted

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    Mute Eoin Fitzpatrick
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    Dec 6th 2017, 8:39 PM

    They busted some weed. Yawn. Decriminalise it at least and let people buy it if they want.

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    Mute James Wond
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    Dec 6th 2017, 8:41 PM

    I’m just glad this filth didn’t hit the streets.
    I know a lad took two hashes before and became psychotic.

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    Mute Gareth Cooney
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    Dec 6th 2017, 7:12 PM

    Jaysus the Monks must be ratting on the Kinehans of lately. There’s been an uncanny number of freak drug busts recently.

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    Mute Chamillionaire
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:14 PM

    This looks like a funny strain , maybe the gardaí should send some to my lab for testing , just so we know what we’re dealing with here .

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    Mute Liam Whelan
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:50 PM

    @Chamillionaire: I’ll give ya a second opinion!

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    Mute Liam Whelan
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    Dec 6th 2017, 9:51 PM

    Wonder if the driver of the delivery truck gave up the depot he was working out of!

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    Mute Karl
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    Dec 6th 2017, 10:13 PM

    Regardless of the merits to legalizing, this seizure hurts major criminals who can and do a lot of harm to this country

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    Mute Ciaran105
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    Dec 7th 2017, 9:49 AM

    I’m thinking Super Grass here !

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    Mute Karl
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    Dec 7th 2017, 9:55 AM

    Garda shot during a drug raid in ballymun, yeah to notch members of society those drug dealers

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