Cocaine
# cocaine - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
# cocaine - Monday 6 May, 2013
Firearm and cocaine seized during Dublin house search
Cocaine worth approximately €21,000 was seized, along with a firearm and ammunition, from a house in Poppintree.
# cocaine - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Man charged with €60k of cannabis, LSD and cocaine to appear in court
The drugs were found after gardaà stopped a car in Rathmines and made a follow-up search of a house in Rathfarnham.
# cocaine - Monday 8 April, 2013
Over €240,000 worth of drugs seized at Dublin Airport
In three separate seizures, large quantities of cocaine and Methamphetamine were seized and two people were arrested.
# cocaine - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Cocaine and firearm seized at house in west Dublin
The drugs and gun were found as part of an ongoing investigation by Gardaà into drug-dealing in the area.
# cocaine - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Two held after cocaine seized from taxi in Cork
Two people are being questioned by gardaà in Cork following the seizure in Glanmire yesterday afternoon.
# cocaine - Friday 8 March, 2013
Man arrested at Dublin Airport after ingesting 77 pellets of cocaine
Revenue said separate discoveries of drugs and cigarettes this week would have been worth about €65,000.
# cocaine - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Ohio executes man for drug-fueled bookstore murder
Frederick Treesh died by lethal injection today, prison officials said.
# cocaine - Thursday 28 February, 2013
€225,000 of cocaine found glued to suitcase at Dublin airport
A woman aged 50 from Trinidad and Tobago was searched and the drugs were found glued to the side walls of her two suitcases.
# cocaine - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Man in court after cocaine seized at Heuston Station
Gardaà discovered the man had drugs worth an estimated €140,000 at Heuston.
# cocaine - Friday 1 February, 2013
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
Ireland has one of highest rates of cocaine use in Europe – report
The report also suggests Ireland is an entry point for Moroccan cannabis resin into Europe.
# cocaine - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
British grandmother gets death sentence for drugs in Indonesia
An Indonesian court has sentenced Lindsay Sandiford, 56, to death for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5 million into the resort island of Bali.
# cocaine - Friday 18 January, 2013
Two appear in court over €9 million Kildare drug haul
The two men were arrested after a search and arrest operation in Naas yesterday, when cocaine and heroin was found.
Kildare: Gardaà seize heroin and cocaine worth up to €5.5 million
The drugs were found during a search and arrest operation in Naas yesterday.
# cocaine - Monday 14 January, 2013
Man arrested after record seizure of cocaine at Kerry airport
The cocaine was found in the lining of the man’s rucksack by Revenue’s Customs Service.
# cocaine - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Death of major gangland figure Eamon Kelly ‘a disgusting action’
A man in his 30s remains in garda custody tonight as the investigation into the death of one of the most senior figures in organised crime in Ireland gets under way.
# cocaine - Saturday 17 November, 2012
Coke, cannabis and getting clean: Ireland’s drug problem, in numbers
How many Irish people have tried cocaine? How about cannabis? And how accessible is detox to those who need it?
# cocaine - Saturday 6 October, 2012
Gardaà seize drugs in Kildare in operation targeting drug dealers
Gardaà seized cocaine and cannabis worth an estimated €117,000 during two searches in Naas.
# cocaine - Friday 21 September, 2012
Man arrested in Dublin inner city over sale of cocaine
Gardaà also seized cocaine worth an estimated €105,000 as part of the operation.
# cocaine - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Colombia says last top drug lord arrested
Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, alleged to be the country’s last major drug lord, has been arrested in an international sting.
# cocaine - Tuesday 18 September, 2012
Man due in court over 120k cocaine haul in Carlow
Gardaà seized the cocaine during a search of two houses in Carlow on Sunday.
# cocaine - Monday 17 September, 2012
Two arrested over €120k cocaine seizure in Carlow
The two were arrested after planned raids on houses in Pollerton and Carlow Town.
# cocaine - Thursday 30 August, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know this morning.
Two arrests after €140,000 cocaine seizure in Lucan
The men were arrested separately after a search of a car, and a follow-up search of a house where cash was seized.
# cocaine - Saturday 30 June, 2012
Football, flats and detached retinas: The week in numbers
How many people were murdered in Ireland last year? And how much Coke would you need to get drunk?
Here is the week’s news… skewed
BREAKING via The Mire wire: The Government stands up to itself over the Croke Park Agreement; household charge to be used for floods; and new e-voting machines on the way…
# cocaine - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Over 350kg of cocaine seized in Ireland’s largest inland drug haul
Revenue officials believe the drugs have a street value of €28 million – but that guess could be a conservative one.
# cocaine - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Regional differences in illegal drug use narrows
Report shows men more likely to consume illegal drugs as well as alcohol and tobacco than women.
# cocaine - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Man caught smuggling cocaine in wheelchair
US border protection agents noticed something strange about the wheelchair cushion…
# cocaine - Thursday 22 March, 2012
Arrests after gun and drugs seized in Palmerstown
Gardaà from the Organised Crime Unit seized the items in Dublin last night during the search of a house. The drugs are believed to be worth more than €500,000.
# cocaine - Thursday 8 March, 2012
Gardaà seize shotguns and cocaine at house in Castleknock
Two men have been arrested after gardaà searched a house in Dublin as part of an ongoing investigation into drug operations in Blanchardstown.
# cocaine - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
24 arrested in Waterford area over drug trafficking
Those arrested are aged between 17 and 50, and they are being held at stations in the south east.
# cocaine - Sunday 26 February, 2012
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Column: The war on drugs isn’t working. We need to medicalise heroin.
Heroin addiction is behind much of the criminality in this country – and failing to do something about it will not make the problem go away, writes Senator John Crown.
# cocaine - Wednesday 18 January, 2012
Bruno Mars cleared of cocaine charge, despite guilty plea
The 26-year-old singer had pleaded guilty to possessing 2.6g of cocaine, but a judge had postponed accepting his plea.
# cocaine - Monday 12 December, 2011
Two due in court over €150,000 cocaine seizure
The men were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking after drug was seized at house in Blanchardstown, Dublin.
# cocaine - Sunday 11 December, 2011
Two men arrested in €150,000 cocaine raid in west Dublin
‘Drug paraphernalia’ was also discovered when gardaà searched the house in Blanchardstown.
# cocaine - Monday 5 December, 2011
# cocaine - Sunday 4 December, 2011
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