08/09/2008

Three In Custody Following Cork Drugs Find

Killarney district court has remanded three men in custody, following a heroin seizure in Cork.

The drugs haul is said to be worth an estimated €13,000.

The discovery was made on the outskirts of the city.

The men, from Cork and Dublin, were charged with three offences, including possessing heroin and possessing heroin for sale or supply at Brooklodge, Glanmire on 4 September.

No application for bail was made and the men are due to appear before Cork District Court on Monday.

(PR/JM)

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