Ireland Case No. 23579Possession of cocaine (drug trafficking) · Co. Dublin · 14 Dec 2022
Gardaí seize 3kg cocaine worth €211,400 from Coolock property
Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Coolock seized 3kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of €211,400, along with industrial weight press units and bagging equipment, from a residential property on 14 December 2022 as part of Operation Tara. No arrests were made and investigations are ongoing.
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Key facts
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- what3kg of cocaine was seized (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatThe cocaine had an estimated street value of €211,400 (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatTwo large-scale industrial weight press units were seized (irishmirror.ie, dublinlive.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whatBagging equipment and other drugs paraphernalia were seized (irishmirror.ie)
- what3kg of cocaine was seized with an estimated street value of €211,400. (dublinlive.ie)
- whatBagging equipment and other items of drugs paraphernalia were seized. (dublinlive.ie, irishtimes.com)
- whereThe seizure was made at a residential premises in Coolock, Dublin (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe search took place at a residential premises in Coolock, Dublin. (dublinlive.ie)
- whereThe cocaine was seized from a residential property (irishtimes.com)
- whenThe search was conducted on Tuesday morning, 13 December 2022 (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe search was conducted on the morning of Tuesday 13 December 2022. (dublinlive.ie)
- whenThe search was conducted on Tuesday morning, 14 December 2022 (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe search was conducted under warrant (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe seizure was part of Operation Tara (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationNo arrests were made during the search (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe drugs are subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe Divisional Drugs Unit in Coolock conducted the search assisted by other units (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe search was carried out as part of Operation Tara and ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationThe Divisional Drugs Unit in Coolock, assisted by a number of other units, conducted the search under warrant. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationThe seized drugs are subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationNo arrests were made during the search and investigations are ongoing. (dublinlive.ie)
- investigationThe Divisional Drugs Unit in Coolock conducted the search under warrant (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe search was assisted by a number of other units (irishtimes.com)
- investigationInvestigations are ongoing (irishtimes.com)
- investigationThe seizure forms part of Operation Tara (irishtimes.com)
- otherOperation Tara was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in July 2021 (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 14 Dec2022Gardaí seize 3kg worth of cocaine with estimated street value of €200,000
Reports the seizure of 3kg cocaine valued at €211,400 from a residential property in Coolock, Dublin, with no arrests made.
- 14 Dec20223kg of cocaine and industrial weight press unit seized in Dublin raid
Initial report of the Coolock drug raid under Operation Tara; no arrests made.
- 14 Dec2022Gardaí swoop on house in Dublin and find €200k worth of cocaine
Reports the seizure of 3kg of cocaine and drug-processing equipment from a Coolock house; no arrests made.