Issue Date: 4th February 2022
Gardaí have seized approximately €590,000 of suspected cannabis and cocaine and arrested one man following the stop and search of a car in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, this afternoon, 4th February 2022.
At approximately 2:20pm, Gardaí attached to the Fermoy Roads Policing Unit whilst conducting a checkpoint, stopped a car for road traffic offences. The driver, a man aged in his late 40s, was arrested and the car was seized.
A search of the car was carried out resulting in the discovery of approximately €380,000 of cannabis and €210,000 of cocaine, both subject to analysis.
The driver of the car was taken to Fermoy Garda Station where he is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. This investigation is ongoing.
