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23 Jan 2026

UPDATE: Man (39) released from garda custody following arrest over Tipperary drugs seizure

Gardaí investigating the seizure of over €17,500 worth of drugs as well as cash and other items associated with drug dealing will now prepare a file for submission to DPP

UPDATE: Man (39) released from Garda custody following arrest over Tipperary drugs seizure

A 39-year-old man arrested in connection with the seizure of illegal drugs with an estimated value of €17,540 along with a quantity of cash and items associated with drug dealing during a Garda search of a house in the Bansha area yesterday (Thursday, January 23) has been released from garda custody.

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Gardaí from the Tipperary Divisional Drugs Unit, Crime Task Force and Limerick Dog Unit seized suspected cocaine with an approximate street value of €8,400, a kilo of Benzocaine worth approximately €2,000, a quantity of cannabis herb and 3,570 Alprazolam tablets worth an estimated €7,140 during the search operation.

A garda spokesman confirmed a file on the case will now be prepared for submission to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

More than €2,000 in cash was also seized along with electronic items and paraphernalia associated with the sale and supply of controlled substances.

PICTURED ABOVE: The drugs and other paraphernalia associated with drug dealing seized in the search 

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