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24/10/2008
Donegal Drugs Haul: Woman Held
Police have revealed that significant quantities of cannabis and cannabis herb were recovered in three separate searches in the Raphoe and Letterkenny areas of Co Donegal overnight - and one arrest made.
Gardai in Letterkenny have confirmed that a woman has been detained for questioning following a number of drugs seizures overnight.
Gardai confirmed that the 41-year-old woman was detained for questioning following a search of a house in the Raphoe area last night.
During the search cannabis with a street value of one thousand euro was discovered.
In a follow up operation, herbal cannabis with a street value of approximately €700 was recovered in a vehicle at a checkpoint in the Ballyraine, also in the Letterkenny vicinity.
Another search in the Churchill area led to the discovery of approximately €400 worth of herbal cannabis.
Officers said that the seizures were part of ongoing operations involving the Letterkenny Drugs Unit alongside local Gardai detectives.
(BMcC)
Gardai in Letterkenny have confirmed that a woman has been detained for questioning following a number of drugs seizures overnight.
Gardai confirmed that the 41-year-old woman was detained for questioning following a search of a house in the Raphoe area last night.
During the search cannabis with a street value of one thousand euro was discovered.
In a follow up operation, herbal cannabis with a street value of approximately €700 was recovered in a vehicle at a checkpoint in the Ballyraine, also in the Letterkenny vicinity.
Another search in the Churchill area led to the discovery of approximately €400 worth of herbal cannabis.
Officers said that the seizures were part of ongoing operations involving the Letterkenny Drugs Unit alongside local Gardai detectives.
(BMcC)
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