A man is being questioned over the seizure of more than €100,000 worth of cocaine.
The 37-year-old was arrested in Dublin city on Thursday night by gardai from Store Street station investigating the sale and supply of the drug.
Gardai said a follow-up search was conducted at a premises at Belvedere Avenue in the north inner city where the cocaine was seized.
It is believed to have an estimated street value of €105,000, pending analysis.
The suspect is being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Drug Trafficking Act 1996.
Elsewhere, two men were quizzed in Limerick over the seizure of €630,000 worth of cannabis herb and resin.
Gardai stopped and searched a car on the Ballysimon Road at approximately 1pm yesterday and discovered €500,000 worth of cannabis in the vehicle.
In a follow-up search another €130,000 worth of the drug was discovered in a house in the Rhebogue area of Limerick.
Two men, one in his early 30s and another in his early 40s, were arrested in relation to the seizure.
The two men were later released without charge and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
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