15/05/2014

Almost €500,000 Worth Of Cannabis Seized In Co Meath

Cannabis worth an estimated €480,000 has been seized by garda in Co Meath.

Garda say that the find was made as part of an ongoing intelligence-led operation.

A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the drug find and is being held under the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

(MH)

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