A RAID on a business premises in Dublin has resulted in the seizure of €2 million worth of cannabis herb.
The search was carried out on Saturday at a business in Ballyfermot.
Gardai from the local station, detectives from the Serious Crime unit, and Clondalkin Community Engagement Area were involved in the search, carried out as part of Operation Tara.
The seized drugs will be analysed by Forensic Science Ireland.
This seizure forms 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.
A spokesperson said: “As part of Operation Tara, Gardaí have seized €2m of suspected cannabis herb during the course of a search of a business premises in the Ballyfermot, Dublin 10 area, today, Saturday 21 June 2025.
“The searches were carried out by Gardaí from Ballyfermot Garda Station, Clondalkin Community Engagement Area, and Detective Gardaí from Serious Crime South.
“The drugs seized are now subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland.
“Investigations are ongoing.”
Separately, two people have been arrested in Northern Ireland after police found drugs, paraphernalia, and money, during a search in Tyrone.
Detectives from the PSNI Organised Crime Branch recovered a quantity of suspected Class A controlled drugs with an estimated street value of approximately £420,000 (€490,434).
The search was conducted at a property in the Gorestown Road area of Dungannon under the Misuse of Drugs Act on Friday, June 20 shortly after 5.20pm.
As part of the ongoing investigation two men, aged 39 and 24 years old, were arrested on suspicion of a number of drug-related offences.
Both men are currently in police custody at this time.
Detective Inspector Stickland said: “The drugs, as well as a sum of money and drugs paraphernalia, have been taken away for further forensic examinations.
“Our officers will continue to protect communities from the harm of illegal drugs.
“As a result of this excellent police work, a large quantity of suspected dangerous controlled drugs are now safely off our streets.
“Drugs have no place in our community and I am making a direct appeal to anyone with information about the illicit supply, possession or misuse of drugs to contact police on the non-emergency number 101, or submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.”
