A man has been arrested after the seizure of drugs worth an estimated eight million euro.

A million euro in cash was also seized by gardai in the incident at a residence in The Ward in Dublin 11 on Friday evening.

A man in his 50s was arrested after the search which gardai said was an intelligence-led operation conducted by Dublin Crime Response Team (DCRT).

Gardai said the suspected illegal drugs seized included cocaine, cannabis, ketamine, LSD and MDMA, and they will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland to undergo analysis.

More cash, vehicles and designer goods were seized in a number of follow-up searches across the Dublin Metropolitan Region.

Angela Willis, Assistant Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Region, said: “The seizure of what is a significant quantity of drugs and cash is a major blow to this organised crime group which has been causing so much misery in communities right across the city.

“Cash is the lifeblood of crime groups and the seizure of amounts of this scale causes significant disruption.

“Gardai continue to target those that destroy lives through their activities.”