Gardaí have arrested two men in Dublin today, after seizing drugs with an estimated street value of €800,000.

The seizure was part of an ongoing operation to target organised crime groups based in West Dublin and Co. Meath.

The investigation and ultimate seizure was made an operation was carried out yesterday.

Cannabis with an estimated street value of €80,000 was seized along with €5,000 in cash after two cars were stopped on the M50. 

Gardaí then made the arrests after the discovery of the drugs in the vehicles.

Searches were then carried out at an apartment complex on the Navan Road, which resulted in the seizure of crystallized MDMA snd cannabis.  

The additional seizures have an estimated street value of €720,000. 

The operation was carried out by the Special Crime Task Force, Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and a number of units based in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.