Man arrested after 170k of drugs seized in Co Cork


Investigations are ongoing
A man, 30s, has been arrested following the seizure of drugs worth €170,000 in Co Cork.
As part of ongoing investigations into the sale and distribution of drugs, Gardaí from the Cork County Divisional Drugs Unit, supported by Gardaí from the Cork North East Community Engagement Area and the Serious Crime Unit, stopped and searched a vehicle in the Mitchelstown area on Monday, September 2.
During the course of the search, suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €170,000, pending analysis, was recovered.
A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested and is currently detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996 at a Garda Station in Co Cork.
Investigations are ongoing.