Gardaí seize €97,000 worth of drugs in County Galway

A man in his 40s has been arrested
Gardaí seize €97,000 worth of drugs in County Galway

Drugs seized by the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit following the search of a house in Tuam.

As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and supply of drugs in the region, Gardaí from the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house in Tuam on December 17th.

Cocaine with an estimated street value of €50,000, cannabis with an estimated value of €40,000 and ecstasy with an estimated value of €7,000 was seized.

A man — aged in his 40s — was arrested and detained at a station in the Garda North Western Region under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

A follow-up search was conducted at another house in Tuam and a further quantity of cannabis was recovered.

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

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