Gardaí arrest two men following €5.4m heroin and cocaine seizure in Co Meath
Both men, aged in their 60s, are currently detained at a Garda station in Meath in relation to the discovery of 20kg of diamorphine (heroin) and 37kg of cocaine.
Gardaí say seizure was a result of an intelligence-led joint operation conducted by Revenue's Customs Service, the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Eastern Region colleagues, the Meath/Westmeath Divisional Drugs and Crime Units.
'The two men, aged in their 60s, are currently detained at a Garda station in Meath under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996,' a Garda spokesperson said.
'Investigations remain ongoing.'
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