Two Arrested Over €5m Kildare Cocaine Seizure

The discovery was made in Allenwood yesterday.

Two men have been arrested after a €5m drug seizure in County Kildare.

Around 72 kilos of cocaine were discovered during searches of a vehicle and home in the Allenwood area yesterday afternoon.

The two men, aged in their 50s and 60s, are being detained at a Garda station in Kildare.

Assistance Commissioner of Organised and Serious Crime, Angela Willis, has labelled the operation "another significant seizure of cocaine destined for the Irish market."

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