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Gardaí in Galway seize €31,000 worth of suspected cocaine and cash Thursday on 21/5/20.

Gardaí in Galway have arrested a man and seized more than €31,000 in cash, and suspected cocaine from a house in Galway city on Thursday, 21 May 2020. At 10pm on Thursday Gardaí attached to the Divisional Drugs Unit searched a house under warrant at Ballybane in Galway City, where they seized €12,250 worth of cocaine (pending analysis). 

Approximately €19,000 worth of cash in Euro and Sterling currency and two designer watches worth €7,000 were also seized by Gardaí. 

One man, aged in his early 30s, was arrested at the scene. He was detained under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at the North Western Regional Headquarters in Murrough. He has since been released without charge. 

A file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions in this matter.