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Operation Tara – Seizure of €170,000 Cocaine and One Arrest in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, 2nd September 2024

Issue Date: 3 September 2024

As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and distribution of drugs, Gardaí from the Cork County Divisional Drugs Unit, supported by Gardaí from the Cork North East Community Engagement Area and the Serious Crime Unit, stopped and searched a vehicle in the Mitchelstown area on Monday, 2nd September 2024.

During the course of the search suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €170,000, pending analysis, was recovered.

A man (30s) was arrested and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in Co. Cork.

Investigations are ongoing.