04/11/2011

Two Arrested In €100k Drug Haul

Two men have been arrested following a €100,000 drug haul in Tipperary.

The men were arrested and the drugs were seized after police attempted to stop a car at Pouldine, Thurles.

The car failed to stop but was successfully halted a short distance away on the fly over of the Cork/Dublin motorway.

A 45-year-old man was arrested in the car and a 31-year-old man was arrested after a short chase on foot. Both are detained at Thurles Garda Station under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act.

Cannabis resin and cocaine with a combined street value of approximately €100,000 was seized.

(LB)

Related Irish News Stories
Click here for the latest headlines.

14 January 2015
Two Arrested In Connection With Dublin Drug Supply
Two men have been arrested in Dublin as part of a gardaí investigation into the supply of drugs in the city. Gardaí said the men, from Eastern Europe, were arrested by the Ballymun Drugs Unit in an underground car park on Tuesday night. It is understood the drugs, worth an estimated €500,000, were seized during the operation.
09 June 2015
Three Arrested In Firearms And Drug Seizure
Three men have been arrested after a firearm and quantity of drugs were seized in west Dublin. Members of the Ronanstown Drugs Unit stopped and searched a car at about 18:50 on Monday in Clondalkin. During the search they recovered a shot gun and seized a quantity of cocaine.
12 April 2017
New Powers Allow For Roadside Drug Testing
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross has announced the commencement of the drug driving provisions in the Road Traffic Act 2016. One of the key measures in the legislation provides for Preliminary Drug Testing, which will enable Gardaí to test motorists whom they suspect of driving under the influence of drugs at the roadside.
03 November 2011
National Drugs And Alcohol Strategy In Focus
The misuse of drugs is firmly in the spotlight today with Róisín Shortall, Minister of State with responsibility for Drugs Strategy, speaking at the opening of the National Drugs Conference of Ireland under the theme 'Drug Interventions: What Works?' She said: "It is very important that the initiatives we take to address problem drug use are effect
17 December 2010
Gardaí Arrest 45 In Major Drugs Operation
A total of 45 people have been arrested in the past 48 hours in Gardaí a crackdown on the sale and supply of heroin and “crack” cocaine in the Dublin region. The operation, which involved Garda drug units from Kevin Street, Pearse Street and Store Street stations, resulted in 150 charges being brought, according to Gardaí this morning.