Two men charged after €87,000 of cocaine seized in Dublin

Michael Bolton

Two men have been arrested after €87,000 of cocaine was seized by gardaí in Dublin on Wednesday.

Gardaí from the Dublin Metropolitan Region South Central Drugs Unit stopped and searched a vehicle in the Dublin 2 area.

Over €87,000 of suspected cocaine, some of which was packaged in the form of sweets was seized, along with drugs paraphernalia.

The drugs seized are now subject to analysis.

Two men, aged in their 30s and 50s, were arrested during the course of the search and conveyed to a Garda Station in the Dublin region.

Both men have been charged and are due to appear at the evening sitting of the Criminal Courts of Justice Dublin on Thursday evening.