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Man arrested as 1.75m euro of cocaine seized

Gardai have seized cocaine worth 1.75 million euro during an operation near Dublin. As part of Operation Tara, officers arrested a man in Clondalkin on Friday evening. It came as officers stopped a vehicle on St Cuthbert’s Road at about 5.30pm and ...

16 Apr 2022 at 10:55

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Gardaí stop car and make incredible €1.75 million drugs discovery

Gardai have seized cocaine worth €1.75 million during an operation in Dublin. As part of Operation Tara, officers arrested a man in Clondalkin on Friday evening. It came as officers stopped a vehicle on St Cuthbert’s Road at about 5.30pm and ...

18 Apr 2022 at 20:33

Scotland

Drug trafficker caught with £2.5m of cocaine in car after police chase jailed

A drug trafficker who was found to have nearly £2.5 million of cocaine in the boot of his car when he was stopped by police after a high-speed chase has been jailed for five years. Dylan Nicol, 24, from Dundee, drove at speeds of up to ...

22 Nov 2024 at 16:03

Scotland

£900,000 of drugs seized as police raid adjoining properties

Police have seized drugs believed to be worth at least £900,000 in raids on two properties in Glasgow. Officers acting on warrants searched adjoining properties in Glendinning Road, Knightswood, on Friday morning. No-one was arrested ...

23 Feb 2024 at 15:59

Three charged after county lines drug raids

Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a county lines drug operation. Police carried out a series of six search warrants at properties in Aberdeen and Merseyside as part of the operation on Wednesday. Officers ...

03 Aug 2023 at 15:19

There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs, NCA boss warns

There has never been a more dangerous time to be taking drugs, the head of the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned. Director-general Graeme Biggar said drugs were the biggest single driver of organised crime in the UK and ...

15 Aug 2024 at 17:38

Ireland

Cocaine worth an estimated 840,000 euro seized in Cork

A quantity of cocaine with an estimated value of 840,000 euro has been seized in Cork. Gardai stopped a car travelling southbound on the M8 motorway at Glanmire on Wednesday evening as part of an intelligence-led national ...

19 Dec 2024 at 11:35

Scotland

Five men charged after £2.3m of cannabis seized

Five people have been charged after police seized more than £2.3 million of cannabis in a town in the Borders. Police Scotland said significant quantities of the drug were recovered when officers executed search warrants ...

27 Mar 2024 at 11:07

Scotland

Trio charged after heroin worth almost £200,000 seized

Two women and a man have been arrested after police found heroin worth a six-figure sum. Officers searched a flat in Magdalene Way, Edinburgh, on Tuesday night and recovered an estimated £199,000 worth of the class-A ...

08 May 2024 at 16:10

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Garda searches fall by a third in Tipperary but intoxicant testing checkpoints rise by 38%

The number of searches carried out by gardaí in county Tipperary fell by a third last year, which resulted in fewer people being caught in possession of drugs and weapons, according to the latest crime figures. The ...

05 Jan 2023 at 18:33

Ireland

15m euro of cocaine seized in Ireland after global crime platform infiltrated

The infiltration of an encrypted communication tool used for criminal activities worldwide has led to the seizure of 16 million euro of illicit drugs and 11 arrests in Ireland. The platform, known as Ghost, was ...

18 Sept 2024 at 12:13

Scotland

Man charged after cocaine worth £200,000 found in car on A9

A man has been charged after police found cocaine with an estimated street value of more than £200,000 during a search of a car on the A9. Officers stopped and searched the vehicle near Ralia in the Highlands ...

22 Nov 2024 at 09:42

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