The Belgian Federal Maritime Police aided gardaí and Revenue officers in the operation

Drugs seized in Monaghan on Friday. Photo: Gardaí.

Drugs seized in Monaghan on Friday. Photo: Gardaí.

A man and a woman have been arrested after a garda operation resulted in the seizure of cocaine worth €5.25m in Co Monaghan.

The seizure, part of ongoing investigations targeting organised crime, saw the intervention of a number of vehicles and searches of a business premise in Co Monaghan on Friday, March 13.