Man (30s) arrested and €2.2 million worth of drugs seized in Co Laois and Dublin
Officers attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, with assistance from the Clondalkin Drugs Unit, intercepted a vehicle on the M7 motorway in Co Laois.
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Around €100,000 worth of suspected cocaine was discovered and seized by gardaí.
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region.
A follow-up search was conducted at a residence in West Dublin, which resulted in a further seizure of an estimated €160,000 of cannabis, €1.2 million of ketamine, €530,000 of cocaine and €210,000 of diamorphine.
A quantity of cash and a number of other items were also seized by gardaí.
The seized drugs, with a total estimated street value of €2.2 million, have been forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis, and investigations are ongoing, a garda statement said.
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