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A photo of the seized plants.

Gardaí seize €300,000 worth of drugs and cannabis plants in Stepaside, south Dublin

A man was arrested following the seizure.

A MAN HAS been arrested after gardaí seized drugs and cannabis plants worth an estimated €300,000 in south Dublin. 

Gardaí attached to Stepaside Station and the DMR East Drugs Unit carried out a search of a home in Stepaside, south Dublin, yesterday as part of Operation Tara.

During the search, gardaí uncovered a cannabis cultivation operation and seized 37 mature cannabis plants, a “substantial quantity” of cannabis herb and quantities of suspected MDMA and amphetamine.

Gardaí said the estimated street value of the drugs seized is in excess of €300,000, pending analysis. 

A man in his 40s was arrested following the investigation and is being held at a garda station in the Dublin region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. He can be held for up to seven days.

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