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Two Men Due In Court Following €8.4M Drug Seizure In The Midlands

Sunday, 7 August 2022 at 09:20

The drugs were seized when two vehicles were stopped and searched in Westmeath.

Two men are due in court this morning, following the seizure of Cocaine worth €8.4m in Westmeath.

The men, aged 54 and 40 will appear at a special sitting of Mullingar District court, charged in connection with the seizure of 120 kilogrammes of the drug last Thursday.

The drugs were seized when two vehicles were stopped and searched near Lough Owel, as part of an operation by the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.

A light aircraft was also seized at a commercial airfield in County Longford.

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