Massive drugs seizure in Clare

GARDAI in Clare have seized €105,000 of suspected cannabis as part of an operation targetting the sale and supply of drugs.

A man in his late 20s was arrested in the early hours of this Thursday. He is being held at a garda station in Clare.

Gardaí from the Clare Divisional Drugs Unit stopped a vehicle in the Tobarteascain area of Ennis, where the discovery of €100,000 of suspected cannabis was made

The car's occupant was arrested.

Follow-up searches of a residence in the area yielded the seizure of a further €5,000 of suspected cannabis along with weighing scales and other drug paraphernalia.

These will now be sent to Forensic Science Ireland for analysis.

The arrested male was being held under the provisions of Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.

Investigations are ongoing.