Gardaí have seized about €280,000 worth of cannabis over the weekend from locations in Cork, Dublin and Wicklow.
Gardaí in Cork were questioning a man on Saturday night following the seizure of €160,000 worth of drugs after they stopped and searched a car and later searched a house in north Cork.
Officers from the Cork City Divisional Drugs Squad stopped a car at Dublin Pike on the northern outskirts of Cork city at about 3pm on Friday and found two kilos of cannabis herb worth €40,000.
They arrested a Lithuanian couple, a 30-year-old woman, who was driving the vehicle, and a 35-year-old male passenger, and brought both of them to Gurranebraher Garda Station for questioning.
Gardaí then carried out a follow up search of a rented house near Whites Cross, north of Cork city, where they found another five and a half kilos of cannabis herb worth a further €120,000.
Gardaí later released the woman without charge but detectives were continuing to question the man on Saturday about the drugs which have been sent to…
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Gardaí have seized about €280,000 worth of cannabis over the weekend from locations in Cork, Dublin and Wicklow.
Gardaí in Cork were questioning a man on Saturday night following the seizure of €160,000 worth of drugs after they stopped and searched a car and later searched a house in north Cork.
Officers from the Cork City Divisional Drugs Squad stopped a car at Dublin Pike on the northern outskirts of Cork city at about 3pm on Friday and found two kilos of cannabis herb worth €40,000.
They arrested a Lithuanian couple, a 30-year-old woman, who was driving the vehicle, and a 35-year-old male passenger, and brought both of them to Gurranebraher Garda Station for questioning.
Gardaí then carried out a follow up search of a rented house near Whites Cross, north of Cork city, where they found another five and a half kilos of cannabis herb worth a further €120,000.
Gardaí later released the woman without charge but detectives were continuing to question the man on Saturday about the drugs which have been sent to…
