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28/08/2007
Cocaine Seizure In Co. Louth
Cocaine with an estimated street value of one million euros has been seized by gardai in Co. Louth.
It is understood that 12kg of the drug were found during a raid by local detectives and members of the Garda National Drugs Unit on a house in Dunleer on Tuesday morning.
A man, understood to be in his 50s, has been arrested under the Drug Trafficking Act and is being questioned at Drogheda Garda Station.
(KMcA/SP)
It is understood that 12kg of the drug were found during a raid by local detectives and members of the Garda National Drugs Unit on a house in Dunleer on Tuesday morning.
A man, understood to be in his 50s, has been arrested under the Drug Trafficking Act and is being questioned at Drogheda Garda Station.
(KMcA/SP)
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