Issue Date: 22nd November 2023
As part of Operation Tara, Gardaí seized approximately €87,500 Cocaine in Listowel Co. Kerry on Tuesday the 21st November 2023.
Members attached to Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit and Listowel Detective Unit conducted a stop and search of a vehicle in the Gortacrissane area. During the course of this search suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €87,500 was recovered.
The drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for further analysis.
A man aged in his 30s has been arrested in connection with this seizure. He is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in the Kerry Division. Investigations are ongoing.
