Over €130k Cannabis And Cocaine Seized In Westmeath

It was seized in Athlone alongside a joint operation by Westmeath and Galway Drugs Units in Galway.

Over €130,000 worth of cannabis and cocaine has been seized by Gardai in Westmeath.

It comes after a search warrant was carried out at a home in Athlone yesterday evening at around 7 o'clock.

€80,000 worth of cannabis herb, €11,400 worth of cannabis resin and a further €40,000  of cocaine was seized alongside a hydraulic press and other drug paraphernalia.

A joint operation between Westmeath and Galway Drugs Units stopped a van on the Old Ballybane Road in Galway city at the same time, discovering a further €35,000 of cocaine.

The driver of the van, a male in his 40's has been arrested and is being held in a station in the North Western Region, with the combined total of drugs seized totaling €165,000.

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