Man Remains In Custody After Cocaine Seizure In Laois

It led to another drugs find in Kildare.

A man in his 40s remains in custody following a drugs seizure in Laois. 

€35,000 of cocaine was discovered following the search of a vehicle on the M7 near Portlaoise yesterday morning. 

The owner of the car is being detained in Birr Garda station pending further investigation.

This led gardaí to a house in Kill in Co. Kildare, where they uncovered three and half kilos of cocaine, worth  €245,000 euro, and arrested another man, aged in his 50s.
 

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