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06 Sept 2025

Tipperary gardai seize €47,500 of drugs, €3,900 in cash, phones and a knuckle duster in house search

Tipperary gardai seize €47,500 of drugs, €3,900 in cash, phones and a knuckle duster in house search

Gardaì arrested two people and seized €47,500 of suspected drugs and €3,900 in cash following a search in Bansha, Co. Tipperary on March 3, 2020.
 
At around 10.30am on Tuesday, Gardaì executed a search warrant at a house in the Basha area of Co. Tipperary. 

Gardaì from Tipperary Town Garda Station, the divisional drug unit and the southern region dog unit carried out the search and seized €30,000 of suspected cannabis and €17,500 of suspected cocaine, which will now be sent for analysis.

€3,900 in cash, three weighing scales, bags, mobile phones and a knuckle duster were also seized during the course of the search.
 
A man in his late teens and a woman in her mid-30's were arrested at the scene and brought to Tipperary Town Garda Station.

They were detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 and have since been released.
 
A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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