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ONE MAN WAS arrested after gardaí seized around €190,000 worth of drugs and cash in Laois yesterday.
Following what gardaí referred to as an “ongoing surveillance operation”, a search under warrant was carried out at an address in Portlaoise at 3pm yesterday.
During the search, around 9kg of suspected cannabis herb worth an estimated street value of €181,000 was discovered.
A quantity of suspected cocaine worth an estimated €6,000 was also seized, along with €2,735 in cash, a small quantity of LSD and weighing scales. All drugs are subject to analysis.
A man in his 40s was arrested at the scene. He is currently being detained at Portlaoise Garda Station under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996.
The man has since been charged and will appear in Tullamore District Court on Monday 8 February at 10.30am, Gardaí said on Sunday evening.
Gardaí added that investigations remain ongoing.
Article updated by Gráinne Ní Aodha at 7am 8 February
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Great news
Up Mayo!
This is great news, especially for the thousands of ordinary decent construction workers & professionals who’ve lost their jobs in the past 3 years. I really hope we get more of this in 2012.
Mayo God help us! ;) Nah seriously, good for job creation in the West!!
This is the same Allergan that moved their factory operations in Arklow Co Wicklow to Costa Rica for cheaper labour with the loss of 400 plus jobs.
About time! :) Hows about 200 IT jobs then! :)
100 @ Accenture. Your wish is my command. Not that I had anything to do with it
In the West, 100′s of IT jobs in Dublin already, not much used to the rest of us! :D
@Aidan then do something about it instead of complaining, set up your own company
Botox for the west great news for jobs bollox for the rest of us
Was that a typo? you meant botox for the rest of us?
Mayo… Now officially the Botox capital of the world :0)
No doubt giving the local economy a much needed up-lift lol
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