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05 Sept 2025

Gardaí arrest man in connection with seizure of drugs worth estimated €120,000

As part of an intelligence-led operation, around 6kgs of herbal cannabis was seized in Galway.

Gardaí arrest man in connection with seizure of drugs worth estimated €120,000

Gardaí arrest man in connection with seizure of drugs worth estimated €120,000

On Monday 4 November, Revenue officers seized approximately 6kgs of herbal cannabis with an estimated value of €120,000 in Newcastle, County Galway.

The drugs were seized as part of an intelligence-led operation jointly conducted by Revenue's Customs Service, Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau and Galway Divisional Drugs Unit. 

Gardaí arrested a man in his 30s in connection with the seizure. 

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The man is currently being detained at Galway Regional and Divisional Headquarters under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

An Garda Síochána say that investigations are ongoing.

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