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An Garda Síochána

Cork

Three arrested as €260,000 worth of drugs seized in Co Cork

The search was carried out as part of An Garda Síochána’s Operation Tara.

THREE PEOPLE HAVE been arrested in Co Cork in connection with a seizure of drugs worth approximately €260,000 yesterday.

A woman in her 40s, and two men, one teenager and another in his 50s, were arrested in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork and are all currently being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Garda Stations in Cork County.

During the search of a house in the area Gardaí seized cannabis worth €140,000 and cocaine wirth €120,000.

The drugs have all been sent for forensic analysis and investigations are ongoing.

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