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19/10/2017
€1m Drugs Seizure Co Offaly – 18th October 2017
Gardaí have seized cocaine & cannabis with a combined estimated value in excess of €1m (analysis pending) and recovered a firearm along with ammunition during an operation in Co Offaly.
As part of ongoing investigations into organised criminal activity in the midlands, a search operation was carried out at a house, sheds and lands near Geashill yesterday evening (18/10/2017). During the search Gardaí recovered large quantities of cocaine and cannabis herb along with an amount of suspected amphetamine. A shotgun (sawn-off) and large numbers of cartridges and rounds of ammunition were also recovered.
A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act, 1996 at Tullamore Garda Station. (He can be held for up to 7 days.)
The operation was led by the Laois/Offaly Drugs unit assisted by local Garda units based in Tullamore.
The investigation is ongoing and further updates will follow.
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