Two men charged after drug seizures in Co Louth

Shortly after 11:00 pm on Monday, gardaí in Drogheda stopped a van in Ardee, recovering cocaine valued at over €200,000.
Two men charged after drug seizures in Co Louth

Michael Bolton

Two men have been arrested as part of investigations targeting drug distribution networks and associated criminal activity in Co Louth.

Shortly after 11:00 pm on Monday, gardaí in Drogheda stopped a van in Ardee, recovering cocaine valued at over €200,000.

The driver, a man in his 40s, was arrested and taken to a Garda station in County Louth.

In a follow-up search of a residential property in Ardee in the early hours of Tuesday, gardaí recovered cannabis valued at over €190,000.

A second man, aged in his 50s, was arrested and is also detained at a Garda Station in County Louth.

All of the drugs seized are subject to analysis by Forensic Science Ireland (FSI).

They have since been charged and will appear before a special sitting of Dundalk District Court on Tuesday afternoon.

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