Cocaine worth €2.6 million has been seized and two people arrested by gardai following a raid and a search of vehicles in Dublin. There were two vehicles stopped in Swords, north Dublin at around 8.30pm last night as part of Operation Tara. A residence in Shankill, south Dublin, was also searched.

Equipment used to press cocaine, as well as €66,000 in cash, money counters and drugs with possible street value of €2.6m found in Swords and Shankill under Operation Tara

Gardaí intercepted two vehicles shortly after 8.30pm in the Swords area of North County Dublin and also conducted a search of a residential premises in Shankill, Co. Dublin.

A man and a woman in their 20s are due in court charged in connection with a €2.6 million cocaine seizure in Dublin.