Midlands Gardaí Make €60,000 Drugs Bust

The items were discovered during the search of a house earlier today.

Over €60,000 worth of drugs have been seized in Laois.

Gardaí from Laois Drugs Unit and Portarlington Garda Station recovered a quantity of suspected cannabis herb worth €58,000 and cocaine worth €4,000 during the search of a house in Portarlington today.

A man in his 30s was arrested in relation to the incident and detained under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

He's since been charged to appear before Portlaoise District Court on drugs and burglary offences.

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