Man appears in court and two women arrested over 1.4m gold bullion and cocaine seizure [Video]

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A MAN HAS appeared in court in connection with a seizure of almost €1.4 million worth of gold bullion, as well as more than €600,000 worth of cash and drugs, over the weekend.

Farhats Bathijevs, 55, who has an address in Earlsfort Court in Lucan, appeared before Blanchardstown District Court today after he was arrested on Friday.

18kg of gold bars and coins, valued at about €1.375 million, were discovered in a vault in the south of the city.

Around €460,000 in cash and €210,000 worth of suspected cocaine and ecstasy were seized after being discovered at a property in the capital.

Bathijevs is facing a number of charges.

Three relate to money laundering and two to theft and fraud relating to false documents.

He is also charged with two counts of possession of drugs and two counts of supply of cocaine and ecstasy.

Garda Sean McElroy told the court …