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Drug Seizure and arrests Ballinsloe Co Galway 2nd Aug

Gardaí have arrested two men and seized a quantity of drugs in an operation in Ballinsloe, Co Galway this morning 2nd August 2014.

As part of a planned operation Gardaí searched a house at Kilgarve Court in Ballinsloe.  During the course of this search they discovered 120 cannabis plants being cultivated as well as a quantity of harvested cannabis. The drugs, subject to analysis may have a street value of €100,000.

Two men in their 30s were arrested at the scene and are detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at Ballinasloe and Loughrea Garda Stations. They may be detained for up to seven days.