More than €200k worth of cocaine seized in Clare
Gardaí have seized €210,000 worth of cocaine following a search operation in County Clare on Saturday evening.
Officers took part in the operation to Tuamgreeney at a residential premises by members of the Killaloe Detective Unit, Ennis Detective Unit and Clare/Tipperary Drugs Unit with assistance from the Regional Dog Unit.
A vehicle on the premises was searched, resulting in the recovery of suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €210,000.
A man, aged in his 40s, was arrested and brought to a Garda Station in Clare.
He is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
Investigations are ongoing.
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