*Four people have appeared in court charged in connection with the seizure of millions of euro worth of heroin and cocaine in two separate garda raids.
Gardaí are continuing to question five people following three separate drug seizures in counties Louth, Dublin and Wexford.
*Five people have been arrested after heroin and cocaine with a combined estimated street value of €6.3m was seized in two separate raids in Dublin and Co Louth.
40-year-old Patrick Forde, with an address at Arlesey, Bedfordshire in the UK, and Susan Browne, (43) of the same address, appeared before the Dublin District Court today in connection with Thursday night's heroin seizure in Drogheda Co Louth.
Officers from The Garda National Drugs Unit gave evidence of their arrests.
The two were charged under section three and 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, with possession of 18 kilogrammes of heroin, with an estimated street value of €3m at the M1 toll plaza.
No application for bail was made on behalf of either accused.
Ms Browne was remanded in the Dóchas Centre at Mountjoy Prison to appear before Drogheda District Court next Tuesday.
Mr Forde was remanded to Cloverhill Prison to appear before Cloverhill District Court next Wednesday.
Another man is still being detained in Drogheda Garda Station in connection with the haul.
Separately, two Columbian men appeared in court charged in connection with a €2.24m seizure of cocaine in Dublin on Thursday evening.
27-year-old David Sanchez and 37-year-old Pedro Ruiz, both of no fixed abode, were both charged with possession of 32 kilos of cocaine for sale or supply under section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Officers from the Dundrum Drugs Unit gave evidence of their arrest.
No applications for bail were made.
Both men were remanded in Cloverhill Prison to appear before Cloverhill District Court on Wednesday.
-----------Gardaí are continuing to question five people following three separate drug seizures in counties Louth, Dublin and Wexford.
*Five people have been arrested after heroin and cocaine with a combined estimated street value of €6.3m was seized in two separate raids in Dublin and Co Louth.
Three people were arrested after heroin with an estimated street value of €4.05m was seized in Drogheda, Co Louth.
The seizure of 27kg of the drug was made when gardaí stopped and searched an articulated truck on the M1 last night.
A 40-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman were arrested at the scene.
A second man, aged 40, was arrested in a follow-up search.
The three are being detained at Coolock and Drogheda garda stations.
Meanwhile, two men have been arrested after cocaine with an estimated street value of €2.24m was seized from a house on the Stillorgan Road in Donnybrook.
Gardai seized 32kg of the drug at the house last night.
Two men, aged 27 and 37, were arrested at scene and are being held at Blackrock Garda Station.
Gardaí described the seizures as being very significant, adding they will act as a deterrent to the drug trade.
Acting head of the Garda National Drugs Unit, Detective Chief Superintendent John O'Driscoll, said the heroin seizure was the largest for five years and the cocaine the largest since 2012.
Mr O'Driscoll said the seizures were not linked but he said the extent to which organised crime was involved was central to both investigations.
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More than €4m worth of heroin was located after an articulated truck was stopped and searched on the M1 near Drogheda on Thursday night.
Two men and a woman - aged in their 40s - were arrested.
In a separate operation two men aged 27 and 37 were arrested after more than €2m worth of cocaine was seized at a house on the Stillorgan Road in Donnybrook, in Dublin on Thursday.
Elsewhere, €500,000 worth of drugs, including heroin and ecstasy, was seized by Customs officers at Rosslare Europort in Wexford yesterday morning. Two men were arrested.
Both men were charged last night when they appeared before a special sitting of Gorey District Court.
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