Gardaí seize heroin and cocaine worth €2m in Wicklow

Gardaí have seized heroin and cocaine with a street value of €2 million in Co Wicklow.

Gardaí have seized heroin and cocaine with a street value of €2 million in Co Wicklow.

The seizure was made during a planned search of an open area on the outskirts of Russelstown, Blessington by detectives from Baltinglass and personnel from the Garda National Drug Unit.

A man (24) was arrested in connection with the haul and is being held at Naas Garda Station.

Gardaí also seized a handgun and a large quantity of ammunition during the operation.

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In Limerick yesterday, gardai from the city’s divisional drug unit seized cannibus resin and heroin with an estimated street value of €140,000.

Two men and a woman, aged in their 20s and 30s, were arrested as a result of a vehicle being stopped and houses searched, a Garda statement said.

All three were later released and a file is due to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.