Gardaí arrested three people and seized three firearms along with suspected cocaine valued at €2.5 million during an operation in Dublin, according to RTE.ie. The seizure was made in Dublin city centre, the Irish Times reports.
The operation was carried out by Gardaí, the Irish Examiner reports, and the three people taken into custody were arrested in connection with the seizure. RTE.ie did not give further details of the circumstances of the operation in its initial reporting.
The seizure is one of two significant drug operations reported in Dublin around the same time. Separately, Dublin Live reported that a young woman was arrested after Gardaí seized €784,000 of cannabis in Coolock.
The reports on the city centre operation did not name the three people arrested, state their ages, or say whether they had been charged. No court appearances had been confirmed in the material available.
It was also not stated where in the city centre the seizure took place, or whether the firearms and the suspected cocaine were found together. The reports did not say what type of firearms were recovered.
Gardaí have not said whether the operation was linked to any wider investigation, and no connection between the city centre seizure and the Coolock cannabis seizure has been reported.
What to watch next: whether Gardaí release further details on the arrests, any charges brought against the three people in custody, and confirmation of the results of forensic testing on the suspected cocaine.
