Cocaine and cannabis worth €170,000 seized in late-night garda raid in Kerry
Cocaine and cannabis worth an estimated €170,000 were seized in a Kerry town last night.
Gardaí intercepted a car in Listowel shortly after 10pm on Friday and seized the drugs.
The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, was arrested at the scene.
Approximately four and a half kilos of cannabis and one kilo of cocaine were recovered by gardaí.
The cannabis was stored in clear, plastic, vacuum-sealed bags.
The cocaine was wrapped and stored in a vacuum-sealed FoodSaver bag.
A drawing of a pink monkey with its hands covering its eyes appeared on the front of the cocaine package.
The man who was arrested is currently being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a garda station in Co. Kerry.
Gardaí from the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit and the local Crime Unit carried out the seizure, and the drugs will now be sent for analysis to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).
The investigation is ongoing.
The seizure was part of Operation Tara and ongoing efforts targeting the sale and distribution of controlled drugs and related criminal activity in the Southern Region.
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