As well as heroin valued at €2.1 million, smaller quantities of cannabis and cocaine were also found along with equipment for preparing large quantities of drugs for distribution. Photograph: Garda Press OfficeGardaí have made the biggest heroin seizure of the year in an operation that uncovered a drugs processing facility in Dublin.
A hydraulic press and vacuum packing machine, used in the processing of drugs, was also discovered in a house in Dublin’s south inner city along with communication devices and assorted drug paraphernalia. The family-based group is now working as a significant drugs wholesaler for other Irish gangs and has its roots in the heroin trade. Some of its key members were jailed over two decades ago for heroin dealing when they were based in Ronanstown and Ballyfermot. In more recent years a business they were using to conceal the true origins of their wealth was raided and closed by the Criminal Assets Bureau after assets - including a large number of luxury cars - were seized.
The raids were carried out under Operation Tara on Tuesday by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, assisted by the Special Crime Task Force.
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