Gardaí seize €18,000 worth of cocaine
A man in his 20s was arrested following the seizure of €18,000 worth of cocaine at a house on the Headford Road in Galway on Thursday.
Gardaí attached to the Galway Divisional Drugs Unit carried out a search of the house around 1pm.
During the course of the search, Gardaí located a number of bags believed to contain approximately €18,000 worth of suspected cocaine (pending analysis).
These items were seized and a man in his mid-20s was arrested at the scene.
He was detained at Garda HQ in Renmore under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, and was released without charge later that evening.
A file is now being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.