Issue Date: 13th November 2022
As part of Operation TARA, Gardaí attached to the Divisional Drugs Unit based at Drogheda Garda Station seized €1.12 million worth of cocaine in the course of an intelligence led operation in Drogheda, Co Louth, on Saturday the 12th of November, 2022.
The drugs were discovered when Gardaí searched a car in the Tullyallen area of Drogheda shortly after 1pm. A man in his late 30s was arrested at the scene.
He is currently detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at Drogheda Garda station. He be held for up to seven days.
All of the drugs seized are subject to analysis.
The investigation is ongoing and further updates will follow.
