Issue Date: 05/11/2024
On Monday the 4th of November 2024, as part of an intelligence-led operation, Revenue officers seized approximately 6kgs of herbal cannabis (subject to analysis) with an estimated value of €120,000 in Newcastle, Co Galway. The seizure was made as a result of a joint operation conducted by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, Galway Divisional Drugs Unit and Revenue’s Customs Service. A male in his 30’s was arrested by An Garda Síochána and is currently being detained at Galway Regional and Divisional Headquarters under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996. Investigations are ongoing
