€1.5m worth of cocaine seized in Dublin

Dublin- Cocaine worth more than €1.5m has been seized in north Dublin. Gardaí (Irish Police) discovered the drugs during a series of planned raids of a number of premises in Coolock this morning. Firearms, ammunition and drugs paraphernalia were also seized. The raids took place just after 8am today and involved the Coolock Drugs Unit and the Garda Divisional Search Team. It was part of the ongoing Operation Thaw, which targets the sale and supply of drugs in the Coolock area. The cocaine was found at two houses on Grove Lane. A smaller amount of cocaine and heroin was seized from a nearby mobile home, along with ammunition and drugs paraphernalia. It has led Gardaí to believe that they may have uncovered a major cocaine factory. No arrests have yet been made.