Gardaí were continuing to question three men in north Co Dublin last night following a €13 million drugs haul at the weekend.
The three were arrested after a search of a business yard in Lusk on Saturday afternoon by officers from the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Garda National Drugs Unit.
One tonne of cannabis resin and 30 kilos of cocaine were seized.
The three men, two in their 30s and one in his 20s, were arrested and held under the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Balbriggan and Swords Garda stations.
Gardaí said they were allowed to hold the suspects for up to seven days pending release or charges. Further searches were continuing in the area yesterday.
The haul follows the discovery in February of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of €20 million at warehouse in Swords. The two finds are among the largest of their kind in the State.
Three other drugs seizures were made over the weekend, yielding cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy worth an estimated €197,000.
The Drugs Unit at Henry Street, Limerick, seized one kilo of cocaine and seven kilos of cannabis with an estimated street value of €120,000 following the search of a vehicle in the Moyross area.
A 31-year-old man from Moyross was arrested on Friday night, and detained at Henry Street Garda Station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.
He was released at 6 p.m. on Saturday, and a file is being prepared for the DPP.
It was the second time that cocaine had been seized in Limerick over the past three weeks.
In a combined operation between gardaí in Arklow and the Drugs Unit and detectives from Bray Garda Station, a residence in the Bray area was searched and 4,500 ecstasy tablets, a quantity of cocaine and cannabis were seized.
Two men, both in their early 20s, were detained at Bray Garda Station.
One was later released and a file is being prepared on him for the DPP. The second is due to appear before Bray Court on May 2nd on a charge relating to the find.
In Co Donegal, gardaí from the local Drugs Unit seized ecstasy with an estimated street value of about €12,000 after the search of a house in the Letterkenny area.
One man in his 20s was detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act at Letterkenny Garda Station.
He was released on Saturday and a file is being prepared for the DPP.
