Man (30s) arrested and €140k cocaine seized in Limerick

Ellen O'Donoghue

A man has been arrested and around €140,000 of suspected cocaine has been seized following a search at a premises in Limerick city.

Gardaí executed a search warrant at a residence in the Englishtown area of the city shortly after 3pm on Tuesday, May 20th.

The search was conducted by gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in conjunction with a number of regional units as part of ongoing investigations targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Limerick area.

During the search, gardaí discovered and seized around 2kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of €140,000, pending analysis.

A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene for an offence contrary to Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977/84 and is being detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 at a garda station in the southern region.

The seized drugs will be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis, and investigations are ongoing, a garda statement said.