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Man charged after gold bullion and cocaine seizure

Gardaí A person wearing blue gloves holding a bar of gold in a plastic bag. The bar has numbers, writing and shapes on it. Gardaí
The bullion was seized in the Dublin area earlier this week

A man has been charged after police seized gold bullion, cash and suspected cocaine in a two-day search operation in the Republic of Ireland.

A man in his 50s is expected to appear before a court in Dublin on Monday 30 September.

The searches took place on Thursday and Friday in residential and business premises in the Dublin area.

Police recovered gold bullion worth €1.4m (£1.2m), €460,000 (£384,000) in cash and €210,000 (£175,000) in suspected cocaine.

The drugs have been sent away for further analysis and investigations are ongoing.