Gardaí have seized cannabis with an estimated street value of €600,000 in Dublin.

In an intelligence-led operation targeting the activities of an organised criminal gang, gardaí stopped a truck and a car at St Margaret's Road in Finglas shortly before 7pm yesterday evening.

During the search they uncovered 100 kilograms of cannabis resin worth €600,00, along with more than 40,000 prescription drugs.

Two men, aged in their 30s, were arrested and are being detained at Finglas Garda station under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act, 1996.