Two men arrested after separate drug seizures in Kildare
Photo of the Drugs Seized
Gardaí investigating the seizure of €421,000 of cannabis herb at a location in Clane, Co. Kildare, in early January 2024, have yesterday (Friday 28th February 2025) arrested a man, during the course of a search operation.
The man (aged in his 20’s) was detained pursuant to Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, at a Garda Station in Co. Kildare.
In follow up searches under warrant, executed in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, last night, Friday 28th February 2025, Gardaí seized 6 kilos of suspected cannabis herb, to the value of approximately €120,000. The drugs seized are now subject to analysis by forensic science Ireland.
A man (aged in his 30’s) was arrested, and detained pursuant to Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, at a Garda station in Co. Kildare.
Investigations ongoing.
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara, an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in July 2021. The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute drug trafficking networks at all levels—international, national, and local—involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale, and supply of controlled drugs.
