Third arrest after £1m drugs seizure

A third man has been arrested after the seizure yesterday of over 100,000 ecstasy tablets in Co Clare.

A third man has been arrested after the seizure yesterday of over 100,000 ecstasy tablets in Co Clare.

Gardaí from Limerick seized the drugs, estimated to be worth about £1 million, in a raid on a farmhouse in Meelick.

Two men - one in his 20s the other in his 30s - were arrested following the seizure last night.

Both men are being held in Henry Street Garda Station in Limerick under Section 2 of the Drugs Trafficking Act. The third man, believed to be in his 50s, is being held in Mayorstone Garda Station in Limerick.

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The farmhouse where the arrests were made has been sealed off and is being examined by the Garda Drugs Task Force.