By Ed Carty
A 5.3 million euro haul of cannabis and cocaine has been seized by gardai.
Officers made the discovery in a planned raid at a house in the townland of Clinstown near Stamullen, Co Meath, on Thursday afternoon.
The home, surrounding land and vehicles on the property were all searched during the operation.
Garda drugs squad officers, backed up by local detectives and the dog unit, uncovered 160 kilos of suspected cannabis herb, about 30 kilos of what is believed to be cocaine and 2.5 kilos of suspected cannabis resin.
A man in his 30s is in custody after being arrested at the scene.
The cannabis herb is believed to have a street vale of about 3.2 million euro, the cocaine 2.1m euro and the cannabis resin about 50,000 euro.
The drugs are to undergo further forensic analysis as part of the investigation, the Garda said.
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