Issue Date: 17/05/2021
Gardaí have arrested a man and seized €80,000 of suspected cannabis herb in Cork on May 14, 2021.
As part of an ongoing operation, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in West Cork executed a search warrant at a house in the Macroom area shortly before midnight.
During the course of the search Gardaí seized suspected cannabis herb with an estimated street value of in excess of €80,000.
A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested at the scene and detained at Bandon Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.
He was later released and a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The suspected drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.
