Gardaí seize €70,000 worth of cocaine in Galway

A man in his 30s was arrested last night following the seizure of around €70,000 worth of cocaine in Galway City.

At approximately 10.30pm, members of the Divisional Drugs Unit carried out a search under warrant at a premises on the Headford Road.

During the search, €70,000 worth of suspected cocaine (pending analysis), divided into separate deals, was seized. A variety of drug paraphernalia was also seized during the search operation.

A man in his 30s, was arrested and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 in Mill Street.

Meanwhile, Gardaí seized €40,000 worth of cannabis plants and cannabis herb and arrested one man during a search operation in Ardrahan yesterday afternoon.

During the course of the search cannabis plants with an estimated street value of €20,000 and cannabis herb with an estimated street value of €20,000 was seized. The drugs will now be sent for analysis.

One man, aged in his late 40s, was arrested at the scene and was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Mill Street Garda Station.

He has since been charged in relation to the incident, released on station bail and is due to appear at Galway District Court on Monday.