Gardaí arrested a man in relation to drug trafficking after seizing 80 kilos of cannabis herb, worth €1.6 million, on Thursday.

As a result of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity under Operation Tara, officers attached to the Garda National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau intercepted a vehicle shortly after 6.30pm in Blanchardstown, Dublin.

A separate search operation was conducted under warrant of a business premises in the Blanchardstown area.

During the course of the searches of the vehicle and premises in Blanchardstown, 80 kilogrammes of cannabis herb was seized. The estimated street value of the drugs seized is €1.6 million approximately. All of the drugs will be analysed by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

A man, aged 42, was arrested in relation to drug trafficking and is currently detained, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, at a Garda station in Dublin.

Investigations are ongoing, gardaí said.