FOUR BEFORE GALWAY COURT FOLLOWING WEEKEND DRUG SEIZURE

Date Published: 17-Sep-2012

Four men are being brought before Galway District Court this morning [Sept 17]following a major drugs seizure at locations across the county at the weekend.

Gardai seized an estimated three quarters of a million euro worth of cannabis in the Turloughmore, Dunmore and Oughterard areas on Saturday.

Six people, five men and a woman, ranging in age from their 20s to 50s were arrested in connection with the seizures.

Four men are to appear before Galway District Court this morning while a man and a woman remain in custody under Section Two of the Criminal Justice Drugs Trafficking Act.

This major drugs haul is part of an ongoing operation by the Gardai who have been targeting those involved in drugs dealing across the West and particularly in County Galway.