As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Mullingar area Gardai have seized cannabis herb and arrested a male.
At approximately 5.30pm on the 7/06/18 Gardai attached to the Drugs Unit in Mullingar stopped a car at Grange Cresent, Mullingar. During the search cannabis herb with an estimated street value of up to €25,000 was seized.
The male driver in his 40s, the sole occupant of the car, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of The (Criminal Justice) Drug Trafficking Act 1996 at Mullingar Garda Station.
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