Three held over Dublin drugs haul

Two men and a woman are being questioned by gardaí today in connection with the seizure of nearly 100 kilos of cannabis resin…

Two men and a woman are being questioned by gardaí today in connection with the seizure of nearly 100 kilos of cannabis resin in Dublin.

The cannabis has an estimated street value of €700,000.

Two men, aged 25 and 36, were arrested last night when a car was stopped by the Garda National Drugs Unit on Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9.

Some 96 kilos of cannabis resin were found in the car.

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A woman (29) was arrested in a follow-up search at a house in Clongriffin, Coolock. A further four kilos of the drug were seized.

The two men are being detained at Ballymun Garda station and the woman is being held in Coolock, all under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act. They can be held for up to seven days before being charged or released.