Gardaí arrest two men after cash and drugs seizures in Co Westmeath

Cannabis worth €20,000 was recovered along with quantities of suspected cocaine and magic mushrooms
Gardaí arrest two men after cash and drugs seizures in Co Westmeath

Gardaí have arrested two men after cash and drugs seizures in Co Westmeath.

Officers stopped and searched a car on the Dublin Road in Mullingar on Monday evening and found €62,000 in cash.

A man in his 30s was arrested and later charged and is due before Longford District Court on Tuesday morning.

During follow-up searches at two properties in Westmeath, cannabis worth €20,000 was recovered along with quantities of suspected cocaine and magic mushrooms.

A man in his 20s was arrested and is still being questioned by gardaí.

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