150k 'party pills' seized by gardai; DRUGS.MORE than 150,000 "party pills" were seized by the drugs squad yesterday. The BZP BZP Benzylpiperazine BZP Bionicle Zone Power BZP Bright Zinc Plate or Benzylpiperazine tablets were found in a suitcase after a car was stopped and searched in Rathmines, South Dublin on Sunday. A follow-up search of a flat in the area recovered more of the same illegal stimulants. Gardai said the haul has a street value of more than EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 700,000. Three men, aged 25, 21 and 20, were arrested following the searches and one has been charged. BZP, once promoted as a legal alternative to ecstasy, was banned in March. The man-made pills had been widely sold in head shops. |
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