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Trio appear in court charged with €10m seizure

News imageAn Garda Síochána Cannabis is lying on the ground in a huge pile. The drugs are sealed in plastic bags with a blue zip lock. There are banners flanked at each side of the pile with contact numbers for the Irish tax and customs and also Gardi. An Garda Síochána
506kg of cannabis was seized in the raid

Three men have appeared in court charged in connection with a drug seizure of an estimated street value of more than €10m (£8.7m).

A joint operation by the Irish Revenue Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau seized 506kg of cannabis in a raid on a property in County Louth on Friday.

The operation formed part of Operation Tara, a Garda initiative targeting drug-dealing networks.

37-year-old Graham Somers of Moscow Drive in Liverpool, 38-year-old Brian Coleman of Glasanaon Road in Finglas, Dublin and 57-year-old Alan O'Neill of Hill of Rath in Drogheda, County Louth appeared before a special sitting of Dundalk District Court on Saturday.

The men are charged with the unlawful possession of a controlled drug, namely cannabis.

They also face a further charge of possession of a controlled drug for the purpose of sale or supply.

All three men have been remanded in custody, to appear before Dundalk District Court again on Wednesday.