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Three men and one woman arrested after cocaine and cannabis seizure

Cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €150,000 and cocaine with an estimated street value of €1,000 were found.

ONE MAN REMAINS in custody following a drugs seizure in Cork on Thursday.

Three other people have been released.

Gardaí from Cork City Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house at Rathpeacon, Co Cork on Thursday evening.

During the course of the search, gardaí discovered 7kg of cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €150,000 and cocaine with an estimated street value of €1,000.

Four people were arrested, three at the scene and a fourth in Killarney, Co Kerry.

A woman in her 20s and two men, one in his 30s and one in his 20s, were arrested at the scene and were detained at Togher and Mayfield garda stations.

All three have been released and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

A man in his 30s remains in custody at Killarney Garda Station, where he is being detained under section two of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act.

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