Drug seizure and arrests at Dundalk, Louth on the 8/6/10

At approximately 8.45pm last night, Tuesday, the 8th June 2010, Gardaí from Dundalk stopped a car on the M1 outside the town.

The car had 2 male occupants and after a search cocaine with a potential street value of €210,000 (subject to analysis) and a knife were seized.

The men, aged 33 years and 29 years, were arrested and are being detained at Dundalk Garda Station.

One is being detained under Section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act and the other is being detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act.

Garda Press Office.