OVER 140 THOUSAND EURO WORTH OF DRUGS SEIZED IN COUNTY

Date Published: 27-Mar-2012

Over 140 thousand euro worth of drugs were seized in the county in the first two months of this year.

The provisional figures were released at a meeting of the county joint policing committee this week.

Cannabis accounted for the majority of drugs seized in the county so far this year, with Gardaí amassing almost 119 thousand euro worth of the illegal substance.

Cocaine with a street value of over 18 thousand euro, ecstacy worth almost 7 thousand euro, and 360 euro worth of heroin was also seized by county Gardaí.