Man charged after gold bullion and cocaine seizure

Image source, Ҳ岹í

Image caption, 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.