Over 4,000 Xanax tablets, cannabis and cocaine worth €110,000 seized in Sligo

A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the seizure.

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GARDAÍ HAVE SEIZED cannabis herb, Xanax tablets, and cocaine worth a combined estimated value of €110,000 in Sligo last night.

A man in his 30s was arrested in connection with the seizure of these controlled drugs at a house in Calry yesterday evening.

Gardaí at the Sligo-Leitrim Divisional Drug Unit searched a house on the back of a search warrant, and seized 4kg of cannabis herb, over 4,000 Xanax tablets and cocaine with an estimated street value of €110,000 (subject to analysis).

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A man (30 years old) was arrested at the scene and taken to Carrick-on-Shannon Garda Station where he is detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act, 1996.

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Over 4,000 Xanax tablets, cannabis and cocaine worth €110,000 seized in Sligo

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