Drugs worth €150,000 found in Meath

Gardaí have seized drugs worth €150,000 following the search of a car in Co Meath.

Gardaí have seized drugs worth €150,000 following the search of a car in Co Meath.

As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Louth-Meath area, officers stopped and searched a car at Donacarney shortly after 9pm last night.

The driver of the car, a 38-year-old man, was arrested after a quantity of diamorphine was seized during the search.

He was held under section two of the Drug Trafficking Act and is being questioned at Navan Garda station.

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The operation was carried out by the Garda National Drugs Unit with assistance from the Laytown Drugs Unit, a spokesman said.