💾 Archived View for eir.mooo.com › nuacht › gai17250186072.gmi captured on 2024-08-31 at 12:32:38. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content

-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Two arrested and €550,000 drugs seized in organised crime raids

Briain Kelly, 30 Aug

Two men were arrested and more than half a million worth of drugs seized

as part of organised crime raids in Galway this week.

Detective Gardaí based in Monaghan and Gardaí based in Galway conducted a

major operation targeting an Organised Crime Gang (OCG) suspected of

involvement in the importation and sale of controlled drugs in the North

East and West of Ireland.

On Thursday, August 29, a total of six locations were searched in Monaghan

and Galway.

The searches involved Detective and Drug Unit personnel in the

Louth/Cavan/Monaghan and Galway Divisions.

Over €550,000 worth of suspected cannabis and cocaine was seized following

the searches.

Additionally, €65,000 in cash, 4 cars and a Rolex watch were seized by

Gardaí during the raids.

Two men aged in their 40s and 50s have been arrested as part of this

investigation.

They are currently detained at a Garda Station in accordance with the

provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act,

1996.

The drugs seized will now be forwarded to Forensic Science Ireland for

further analysis.