LATEST: Two men in court today over drug seizures in Kildare
Seizures in Clane and Celbridge
Two men arrested in connection with a garda investigation into the seizure of drugs in Clane in January and in Celbridge at the weekend are due to appear in court today.
Gardaí investigating the seizure of €421,000 of cannabis herb at a location in Clane, Co. Kildare, in early January 2024, yesterday arrested a man, during the course of a search operation on Friday.
The man aged in his 20’s was detained under to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, at a Garda Station in Co Kildare.
In follow up searches under warrant, executed in Celbridge, Co. Kildare on Friday night, gardaí seized 6kg of suspected cannabis herb, to the value of approximately €120,000. The drugs seized are now subject to analysis by forensic science Ireland.
A man aged in his 30s was arrested, and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, at a Garda station in Co Kildare.
Investigations ongoing.
Gardaí said: "Two men arrested in connection with the investigation have been charged. They remain in Garda custody and are scheduled to appear before Naas District Court on Monday."
This seizure on Friday formed part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in July 2021.
The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute drug trafficking networks at all levels—international, national, and local—involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale, and supply of controlled drugs.