A man has been arrested in Dublin after a major drugs haul worth €1.7 million.

Gardaí searched a house on The Strand, Donabate yesterday and recovered almost one million euro worth of ecstasy tablets and €700,000 thousand in cannabis herb.

A 36 year old man is being questioned at Mountjoy Garda Station under the provisions of section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 as amended.