Gardaí seized over €100,000 of suspected heroin, crack cocaine and alprazolam, and arrested two men, during a search operation in Limerick city on Thursday 19th October 2023, conducted as part of Operation Tara.
Two premises in the King's Island area of the city were searched during the course of this operation, with Gardaí from the Limerick Divisional Drug Unit, supported by the Regional Armed Support Unit and other Detective Units, seizing suspected heroin (€82,000), crack cocaine (€20,000) and alprazolam (€3,000).
Two men, aged in their 40s and 20s, were arrested as part of this investigation and detained at a Garda station in Limerick city under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
All of the drugs seized (totalling €105,000) will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland (FSI) for analysis.
Investigations are ongoing.
