Two 15-year-old boys were arrested after being found in possession of €15,000 worth of cocaine in Dublin last night.
Gardai found a cocaine mixing factory and drugs worth up to €70,000 during a follow-up search.
Gardai from the Clondalkin Drugs Unit arrested the two boys shortly after 7.30pm last night. During a surveillance operation detectives stopped and searched the two teenagers in the Corkagh Park area of Clondalkin.
The boys were in possession of a large quantity of cocaine worth up to € 15,000 which was in bags and ready for sale on the streets.
A follow-up search of a house in the area yielded € 55,000 worth of cocaine and drug paraphernalia including weighing scales and mixing agents.
The two youths - one from Tallaght and the other from Clondalkin - were released into the custody of their parents following overnight questioning by gardai.
A file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.