It was identified camouflaged in wooden sheets imported from South America.
Three men have been charged after €5.2million of cocaine was found in Kildare.
74kg of the drug was discovered in a truck trailer along with quantities of chemicals and equipment used in the extraction process.
It was identified camouflaged in wooden sheets imported from South America.
The search took place on 23 June by Gardaí and the Revenue Customs Service
Forensic Science Ireland identified the extraction method and the value of the 74kg of cocaine was estimated at €5.2 million. Approximately 32 kg of suspected herbal cannabis, with an estimated value of €640,000 was also seized.
Over all, 156 tonnes in controlled drugs were seized with the arrest of 490 persons as well as a number of criminal networks identified and dismantled, as part of Operation Action.
As part of Operation Action, the Revenue Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau focused on identifying and disrupting polycriminal networks and high-value targets, seizing criminal assets and initiating further investigations, across five priority criminal markets: drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, document fraud, firearms trafficking and environmental crime.
Investigations, with the assistance of Interpol, are ongoing on both sides of the Atlantic to identify other persons involved in this network.
Another action conducted as part of Operation ATLAS NEXUS was a joint intelligence-led operation conducted at Dublin Port on 09/07/2026 by Revenue Customs officers with the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau where containers arriving from South America were searched. This resulted in the seizure of approximately 24 kg of cocaine with an estimated value of €1.6 million.
The illicit drugs were discovered with the assistance of detector dog Gerry and Revenue’s Mobile X-Ray Scanning Unit, when officers searched a refrigerated container that had arrived from South America via Rotterdam.
Gardaí say investigations are ongoing on both sides of the Atlantic in relation to the network behind this attempted importation.
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