Issue Date: 18/03/2022
As part of Operation Tara, Midleton Gardaí in Cork seized in excess of €60,000 of suspected cannabis herb following an operation on Thursday evening, 17th March 2022.
The seizure was made in the Rocklands area of Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, following a search by Gardaí attached to the Midleton District, with assistance from the District Drugs Unit.
An estimated €65,000 worth of cannabis herb, along with drug paraphernalia was discovered.
The drugs seized will now be sent for further analysis.
No arrests have yet been made. Investigations are ongoing
Note
This seizure forms part of Operation Tara; an enhanced national anti-drugs strategy, which was launched by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on 2nd July 2021. The focus of Operation Tara is to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute drug trafficking networks, at all levels - international, national, local - involved in the importation, distribution, cultivation, production, local sale and supply of controlled drugs.
