Gardaí seize suspected drugs and cash valued at €13,500 in Co. Tipperary yesterday evening.
Shortly before 7:00pm Gardaí from the Detective Branch in Carrick-on-Suir and the Clonmel District Drugs Unit; assisted by the Southern Region Dog Unit, carried out a search of an address at Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir.
Items located included cash, together with some 3,300 suspected addictive Alprazolam tablets and suspected cannabis herb with a value of approximately €10,000 was seized during the course of the search.
A man, understood to be aged in his 30’s, was arrested at the scene and is currently detained at Clonmel Garda Station.
At around 11:00pm a further search was carried out at an address at Kickham Place, Mullinahone, Thurles, Co. Tipperary by the same Gardaí.
Here, suspected cannabis herb, amphetamines and cash to the value of €3,500, were seized, along with a weighing scales and mobile phones.
No arrests were made during the last search but Gardaí are following a definite line of enquiry.
GOOD WORK Gardaí