Drugs and cash totalling €20,000 seized during Donegal Rally

Stephen Maguire

Approximately €16,000 worth of drugs and €4,000 in cash was seized by gardaí in Donegal following a number of raids over the weekend.

The raids were carried out as tens of thousands of people arrived in the county for the Donegal International Rally.

Four arrests were made in connection with the seizures.

Gardaí confirmed controlled drugs with a market value of around €16,000 and €4,000 cash were discovered, while drugs paraphernalia was also seized.

A number of people appeared before special court sittings in Letterkenny over the weekend charged with a range of offences, including drug-related charges, traffic violations, passing forged notes and public order incidents.

A Garda spokesperson confirmed: "Four males were arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs for the purposes of sale and supply. They were interviewed and released pending analysis of the seized items and submission of a file to the Director of Public Prosecutions."

However, gardaí stressed the vast majority of those who attended the rally were law-abiding.